feat(listing): soft-delete root tables via an embedded V1 namespace

Root-table lifecycle in a ListingDatabase now flows through an embedded V1 (manifest-disabled) DirectoryNamespace, so a root drop is a soft-delete rather than an immediate remove_dir_all: - drop_table writes a delete marker and leaves the data for a later purge (TTL). - create_table on a soft-deleted name revives it (clears the marker under the namespace's lifecycle lock, then overwrites via the native create path). - open_table / table_names / list_tables treat soft-deleted tables as absent. - table listing is now a single O(1) read_dir in the namespace instead of a per-table probe here. A ListingDatabase now holds two embedded namespaces: the existing manifest-backed `namespace_database` for child namespaces (multi-level table ids), and a new `root_namespace_database` (V1, manifest-off) that owns root soft-delete/purge/ table_status. `namespace_client()` still returns the manifest namespace so child namespace ops are unaffected. Also preserves TableNotFound through LanceNamespaceDatabase::drop_table instead of flattening it to a generic Runtime error, so dropping a missing table reports the right error. Removes the now-dead native drop_tables / commit-handler path and the object_store/base_path fields it needed. Depends on lance-format/lance#7541. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
chore: temporarily pin lance to soft-delete PR rev
2026-07-01 10:00:42 +00:00 · 2026-06-30 17:08:16 -07:00 · 2026-06-30 17:08:07 -07:00 · 2026-06-24 23:29:23 +00:00
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--- a/.agents/skills/lancedb-branch-ops/SKILL.md
+++ b/.agents/skills/lancedb-branch-ops/SKILL.md
@@ -1,137 +0,0 @@
---
-name: lancedb-branch-ops
-description: Branch management for LanceDB tables via the REST API. Use this skill whenever someone wants to create, delete, list, or switch branches on a LanceDB table — or needs to make sure a write (metadata update, index build, etc.) lands on a specific branch instead of main. Invoke it even without the word "branch" if context makes clear they want an experimental copy of a table, want to isolate changes, or want to confirm a mutation didn't touch main. Covers: branches/list, branches/create, branches/delete, and passing "branch" in describe/update_field_metadata/create_index to target a non-main version.
---
-
-## Goal
-
-Manage branches on a LanceDB table: list what exists, create new ones, delete stale ones, and direct read/write operations at a specific branch without touching main.
-
-## Step 0: Establish the connection
-
-Use the `lancedb-connect` skill to resolve the base URL and auth headers (`x-api-key`, `x-lancedb-database`). Skip this only if the connection is already known from the current conversation.
-
-All examples below use `{base_url}` — substitute the resolved endpoint and include the auth headers on every request.
-
-## The branch model (important)
-
-LanceDB branches are named snapshots that diverge from the table's current state at creation time. There is **no checkout command** — you never switch the whole table to a branch. Instead, you **pass `"branch": "<name>"` in the request body** of any operation to target that branch. Omitting the key (or sending an empty body) always targets main.
-
-`branches/list` returns only non-main branches. Main always exists and is not listed.
-
-## List branches
-
-```http
-POST {base_url}/v1/table/{table_id}/branches/list
-Content-Type: application/json
-
-{}
-```
-
-Response:
-```json
-{
-  "branches": {
-    "experiment-reindex": {"parentVersion": 1, "createAt": 1782506085, "manifestSize": 1029}
-  }
-}
-```
-
-If `branches` is `{}`, the table has no branches besides main.
-
-## Create a branch
-
-```http
-POST {base_url}/v1/table/{table_id}/branches/create
-Content-Type: application/json
-
-{"name": "experiment-reindex"}
-```
-
-HTTP 200 with `{}` body = success. The branch is created off the table's current state on main.
-
-Verify by calling `branches/list` and confirming the new name appears.
-
-## Delete a branch
-
-```http
-POST {base_url}/v1/table/{table_id}/branches/delete
-Content-Type: application/json
-
-{"name": "stale-2024"}
-```
-
-HTTP 200 with `{}` body = success. Only the branch pointer is removed — main and all row data remain intact.
-
-Verify by calling `branches/list` (name gone) and `describe` with no branch param (main still responds).
-
-## Operate on a specific branch
-
-Pass `"branch": "<name>"` in the body of any operation to scope it to that branch:
-
-**Read schema on a branch:**
-```http
-POST {base_url}/v1/table/{table_id}/describe
-Content-Type: application/json
-
-{"branch": "wip-branch"}
-```
-
-**Write metadata to a branch (not main):**
-```http
-POST {base_url}/v1/table/{table_id}/update_field_metadata
-Content-Type: application/json
-
-{
-  "branch": "wip-branch",
-  "updates": [
-    {
-      "path": "category",
-      "metadata": {"lancedb:description": "Product category label."},
-      "replace": false
-    }
-  ]
-}
-```
-
-**Build an index on a branch:**
-```http
-POST {base_url}/v1/table/{table_id}/create_index
-Content-Type: application/json
-
-{
-  "branch": "wip-branch",
-  "column": "category",
-  "index_type": "BTREE"
-}
-```
-
-## Verifying isolation
-
-After writing to a branch, always confirm the change did NOT land on main:
-
-```bash
-# Should show the new metadata
-curl -s -X POST {base_url}/v1/table/{table_id}/describe \
-  -H "x-api-key: <key>" -H "x-lancedb-database: <db>" \
-  -H "content-type: application/json" \
-  -d '{"branch": "wip-branch"}'
-
-# Should NOT show the new metadata
-curl -s -X POST {base_url}/v1/table/{table_id}/describe \
-  -H "x-api-key: <key>" -H "x-lancedb-database: <db>" \
-  -H "content-type: application/json" \
-  -d '{}'
-```
-
-## Quick reference
-
-| Goal | Endpoint | Body |
-|------|----------|------|
-| List all branches | `branches/list` | `{}` |
-| Create a branch | `branches/create` | `{"name": "..."}` |
-| Delete a branch | `branches/delete` | `{"name": "..."}` |
-| Read schema on branch | `describe` | `{"branch": "..."}` |
-| Write metadata on branch | `update_field_metadata` | `{"branch": "...", "updates": [...]}` |
-| Build index on branch | `create_index` | `{"branch": "...", "column": ..., "index_type": ...}` |
-| Target main (default) | any endpoint | omit `"branch"` key |
--- a/.bumpversion.toml
+++ b/.bumpversion.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.31.0-beta.5"
+current_version = "0.31.0-beta.2"
 parse = """(?x)
    (?P<major>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
    (?P<minor>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
-version = "1.0.103"
+version = "1.0.102"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2a4385e2e34eb35d6b3efe798b9eb88096925d87726c0798709bf56d9ed84af3"
+checksum = "7f202df86484c868dbad7eaa557ef785d5c66295e41b460ef922eca0723b842c"

 [[package]]
 name = "approx"
@@ -1297,6 +1297,15 @@ version = "2.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c4512299f36f043ab09a583e57bceb5a5aab7a73db1805848e8fef3c9e8c78b3"

+[[package]]
+name = "bitpacking"
+version = "0.9.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "96a7139abd3d9cebf8cd6f920a389cf3dc9576172e32f4563f188cae3c3eb019"
+dependencies = [
+ "crunchy",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitvec"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -3177,9 +3186,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "env_filter"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "900d271a03799a1ee8d1ca9b19893b48ca674a9284fefcfb85f05e74ed314217"
+checksum = "32e90c2accc4b07a8456ea0debdc2e7587bdd890680d71173a15d4ae604f6eef"
 dependencies = [
 "log",
 "regex",
@@ -3187,9 +3196,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "env_logger"
-version = "0.11.11"
+version = "0.11.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "de671bd27a75a797dc9ae289ba1e77276e75e2026408aab65185384e2d5cd3f6"
+checksum = "0621c04f2196ac3f488dd583365b9c09be011a4ab8b9f37248ffcc8f6198b56a"
 dependencies = [
 "anstream",
 "anstyle",
@@ -3423,8 +3432,8 @@ checksum = "42703706b716c37f96a77aea830392ad231f44c9e9a67872fa5548707e11b11c"

 [[package]]
 name = "fsst"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.10"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.10#e25b71e74b89d10c57b412d111bde087117383f3"
+version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?rev=4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7#4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "rand 0.9.4",
@@ -4726,8 +4735,8 @@ checksum = "e037a2e1d8d5fdbd49b16a4ea09d5d6401c1f29eca5ff29d03d3824dba16256a"

 [[package]]
 name = "lance"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.10"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.10#e25b71e74b89d10c57b412d111bde087117383f3"
+version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?rev=4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7#4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7"
 dependencies = [
 "arc-swap",
 "arrow",
@@ -4745,6 +4754,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "async_cell",
 "aws-credential-types",
 "aws-sdk-dynamodb",
+ "bitpacking",
 "byteorder",
 "bytes",
 "chrono",
@@ -4763,7 +4773,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "humantime",
 "itertools 0.14.0",
 "lance-arrow",
- "lance-bitpacking",
 "lance-core",
 "lance-datafusion",
 "lance-encoding",
@@ -4801,8 +4810,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-arrow"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.10"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.10#e25b71e74b89d10c57b412d111bde087117383f3"
+version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?rev=4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7#4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4823,7 +4832,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-arrow-scalar"
 version = "58.0.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.10#e25b71e74b89d10c57b412d111bde087117383f3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?rev=4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7#4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4837,7 +4846,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-arrow-stats"
 version = "58.0.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.10#e25b71e74b89d10c57b412d111bde087117383f3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?rev=4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7#4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-schema",
@@ -4846,19 +4855,18 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-bitpacking"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.10"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.10#e25b71e74b89d10c57b412d111bde087117383f3"
+version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?rev=4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7#4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrayref",
- "crunchy",
 "paste",
 "seq-macro",
 ]

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-core"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.10"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.10#e25b71e74b89d10c57b412d111bde087117383f3"
+version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?rev=4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7#4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4896,8 +4904,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-datafusion"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.10"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.10#e25b71e74b89d10c57b412d111bde087117383f3"
+version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?rev=4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7#4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4927,8 +4935,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-datagen"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.10"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.10#e25b71e74b89d10c57b412d111bde087117383f3"
+version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?rev=4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7#4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4945,8 +4953,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-derive"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.10"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.10#e25b71e74b89d10c57b412d111bde087117383f3"
+version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?rev=4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7#4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7"
 dependencies = [
 "proc-macro2",
 "quote",
@@ -4955,8 +4963,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-encoding"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.10"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.10#e25b71e74b89d10c57b412d111bde087117383f3"
+version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?rev=4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7#4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-arith",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -4991,8 +4999,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-file"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.10"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.10#e25b71e74b89d10c57b412d111bde087117383f3"
+version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?rev=4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7#4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-arith",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -5022,8 +5030,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-index"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.10"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.10#e25b71e74b89d10c57b412d111bde087117383f3"
+version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?rev=4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7#4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7"
 dependencies = [
 "arc-swap",
 "arrow",
@@ -5035,6 +5043,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "async-channel",
 "async-recursion",
 "async-trait",
+ "bitpacking",
 "bitvec",
 "bytes",
 "chrono",
@@ -5052,7 +5061,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "jsonb",
 "lance-arrow",
 "lance-arrow-stats",
- "lance-bitpacking",
 "lance-core",
 "lance-datafusion",
 "lance-datagen",
@@ -5088,8 +5096,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-io"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.10"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.10#e25b71e74b89d10c57b412d111bde087117383f3"
+version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?rev=4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7#4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-arith",
@@ -5130,8 +5138,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-linalg"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.10"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.10#e25b71e74b89d10c57b412d111bde087117383f3"
+version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?rev=4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7#4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
@@ -5147,8 +5155,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-namespace"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.10"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.10#e25b71e74b89d10c57b412d111bde087117383f3"
+version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?rev=4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7#4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "async-trait",
@@ -5160,8 +5168,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-namespace-impls"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.10"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.10#e25b71e74b89d10c57b412d111bde087117383f3"
+version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?rev=4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7#4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-ipc",
@@ -5215,8 +5223,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-select"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.10"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.10#e25b71e74b89d10c57b412d111bde087117383f3"
+version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?rev=4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7#4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
@@ -5231,8 +5239,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-table"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.10"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.10#e25b71e74b89d10c57b412d111bde087117383f3"
+version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?rev=4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7#4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "arrow-array",
@@ -5271,8 +5279,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-testing"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.10"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.10#e25b71e74b89d10c57b412d111bde087117383f3"
+version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?rev=4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7#4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-schema",
@@ -5285,8 +5293,8 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lance-tokenizer"
-version = "9.0.0-beta.10"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v9.0.0-beta.10#e25b71e74b89d10c57b412d111bde087117383f3"
+version = "9.0.0-beta.8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?rev=4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7#4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7"
 dependencies = [
 "icu_segmenter",
 "jieba-rs",
@@ -5299,7 +5307,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.31.0-beta.4"
+version = "0.31.0-beta.2"
 dependencies = [
 "ahash",
 "anyhow",
@@ -5376,14 +5384,13 @@ dependencies = [
 "tokenizers",
 "tokio",
 "url",
- "urlencoding",
 "uuid",
 "walkdir",
 ]

 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb-nodejs"
-version = "0.31.0-beta.4"
+version = "0.31.0-beta.2"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow-array",
 "arrow-buffer",
@@ -5408,7 +5415,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb-python"
-version = "0.34.0-beta.4"
+version = "0.34.0-beta.2"
 dependencies = [
 "arrow",
 "async-trait",
@@ -5641,9 +5648,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "log"
-version = "0.4.33"
+version = "0.4.32"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0ceec5bc11778974d1bcb055b18002eba7f4b3518b6a0081b3af5f21666da9ad"
+checksum = "953f07c43838f8e6f9758cab68bf5bed85465e7587ebe0b823f1bcd81978ad3a"

 [[package]]
 name = "loom"
@@ -5951,9 +5958,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "napi"
-version = "3.9.4"
+version = "3.9.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b41bda2ac390efb5e8d22025d925ccc3f3807d8c1bea6d19b36127247c4b8f83"
+checksum = "fbd9f9295f3ff5921e78a71222c3361a8216f7760b1a99a6ad4e8441de18bbb9"
 dependencies = [
 "bitflags 2.11.1",
 "chrono",
@@ -5976,9 +5983,9 @@ checksum = "c9c366d2c8c60b86fa632df75f745509b52f9128f91a6bad4c796e44abb505e1"

 [[package]]
 name = "napi-derive"
-version = "3.5.7"
+version = "3.5.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "61d66f70256ad5aef58659966064471d0ad90e2897bc36a5a5e0389c85aabc1e"
+checksum = "89b3f766e04667e6da0e181e2da4f85475d5a6513b7cf6a80bea184e224a5b42"
 dependencies = [
 "convert_case",
 "ctor 1.0.5",
@@ -5990,9 +5997,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "napi-derive-backend"
-version = "5.0.5"
+version = "5.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "81b4b08f15eed7a2a20c3f4c6314013fc3ac890a3afa9892b594485299ebdb2d"
+checksum = "0d5af30503edf933ce7377cf6d4c877a62b0f1107ea05585f1b5e430e88d5baf"
 dependencies = [
 "convert_case",
 "proc-macro2",
@@ -10120,9 +10127,9 @@ checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"

 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
-version = "1.23.4"
+version = "1.23.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bf80a72845275afea99e7f2b434723d3bc7e38470fcd1c7ed39a599c73319a53"
+checksum = "144d6b123cef80b301b8f72a9e2ca4370ddec21950d0a103dd22c437006d2db7"
 dependencies = [
 "getrandom 0.4.2",
 "js-sys",
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,20 +13,20 @@ categories = ["database-implementations"]
 rust-version = "1.91.0"

 [workspace.dependencies]
-lance = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.10", default-features = false, "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.10", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-core = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.10", "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.10", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-datagen = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.10", "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.10", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-file = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.10", "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.10", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-io = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.10", default-features = false, "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.10", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-index = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.10", "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.10", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-linalg = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.10", "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.10", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-namespace = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.10", "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.10", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.10", default-features = false, "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.10", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-table = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.10", "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.10", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-testing = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.10", "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.10", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-datafusion = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.10", "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.10", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-encoding = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.10", "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.10", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-arrow = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.10", "tag" = "v9.0.0-beta.10", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", default-features = false, "rev" = "4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-core = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", "rev" = "4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-datagen = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", "rev" = "4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-file = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", "rev" = "4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-io = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", default-features = false, "rev" = "4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-index = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", "rev" = "4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-linalg = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", "rev" = "4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-namespace = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", "rev" = "4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", default-features = false, "rev" = "4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-table = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", "rev" = "4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-testing = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", "rev" = "4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-datafusion = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", "rev" = "4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-encoding = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", "rev" = "4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-arrow = { "version" = "=9.0.0-beta.8", "rev" = "4acefffd5d38f88003fce681ae1d0871077ce5e7", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
 ahash = "0.8"
 # Note that this one does not include pyarrow
 arrow = { version = "58.0.0", optional = false }
--- a/docs/src/java/java.md
+++ b/docs/src/java/java.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Add the following dependency to your `pom.xml`:
 <dependency>
    <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
    <artifactId>lancedb-core</artifactId>
-    <version>0.31.0-beta.5</version>
+    <version>0.31.0-beta.2</version>
 </dependency>
 ```

--- a/docs/src/js/enumerations/OAuthFlowType.md
+++ b/docs/src/js/enumerations/OAuthFlowType.md
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-[**@lancedb/lancedb**](../README.md) • **Docs**
-
-***
-
-[@lancedb/lancedb](../globals.md) / OAuthFlowType
-
-# Enumeration: OAuthFlowType
-
-OAuth authentication flow types.
-
-## Enumeration Members
-
-### AzureManagedIdentity
-
-```ts
-AzureManagedIdentity: "azure_managed_identity";
-```
-
-Azure Managed Identity via IMDS.
-
-***
-
-### ClientCredentials
-
-```ts
-ClientCredentials: "client_credentials";
-```
-
-Client Credentials grant (service-to-service / M2M).
--- a/docs/src/js/globals.md
+++ b/docs/src/js/globals.md
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 ## Enumerations

 - [FullTextQueryType](enumerations/FullTextQueryType.md)
- [OAuthFlowType](enumerations/OAuthFlowType.md)
 - [Occur](enumerations/Occur.md)
 - [Operator](enumerations/Operator.md)

@@ -86,8 +85,6 @@
 - [ListNamespacesResponse](interfaces/ListNamespacesResponse.md)
 - [LsmWriteSpec](interfaces/LsmWriteSpec.md)
 - [MergeResult](interfaces/MergeResult.md)
- [NativeOAuthConfig](interfaces/NativeOAuthConfig.md)
- [OAuthConfig](interfaces/OAuthConfig.md)
 - [OpenTableOptions](interfaces/OpenTableOptions.md)
 - [OptimizeOptions](interfaces/OptimizeOptions.md)
 - [OptimizeStats](interfaces/OptimizeStats.md)
--- a/docs/src/js/interfaces/ConnectionOptions.md
+++ b/docs/src/js/interfaces/ConnectionOptions.md
@@ -64,19 +64,6 @@ client used by manifest-enabled native connections.

 ***

-### oauthConfig?
-
-```ts
-optional oauthConfig: NativeOAuthConfig;
-```
-
-(For LanceDB cloud only): OAuth configuration for IdP-based
-authentication (e.g., Azure Entra ID). When set, token acquisition
-and refresh are handled entirely in Rust. TypeScript users should pass
-the public `OAuthConfig` type exported from `@lancedb/lancedb`.
-
-***
-
 ### readConsistencyInterval?

 ```ts
--- a/docs/src/js/interfaces/NativeOAuthConfig.md
+++ b/docs/src/js/interfaces/NativeOAuthConfig.md
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-[**@lancedb/lancedb**](../README.md) • **Docs**
-
-***
-
-[@lancedb/lancedb](../globals.md) / NativeOAuthConfig
-
-# Interface: NativeOAuthConfig
-
-OAuth configuration for LanceDB authentication.
-
-This is the generated napi-rs binding shape. TypeScript users should prefer
-the public `OAuthConfig` type exported from `@lancedb/lancedb`.
-
-All token acquisition and refresh is handled in the Rust layer.
-
-## Properties
-
-### clientId
-
-```ts
-clientId: string;
-```
-
-Application / Client ID.
-
-***
-
-### clientSecret?
-
-```ts
-optional clientSecret: string;
-```
-
-Client secret (required for client_credentials).
-
-***
-
-### flow?
-
-```ts
-optional flow: string;
-```
-
-Authentication flow: "client_credentials" or "azure_managed_identity"
-
-***
-
-### issuerUrl
-
-```ts
-issuerUrl: string;
-```
-
-OIDC issuer URL or OAuth authority URL.
-For Azure: `https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant_id}/v2.0`
-
-***
-
-### managedIdentityClientId?
-
-```ts
-optional managedIdentityClientId: string;
-```
-
-Client ID for user-assigned managed identity (azure_managed_identity).
-
-***
-
-### refreshBufferSecs?
-
-```ts
-optional refreshBufferSecs: number;
-```
-
-Seconds before expiry to trigger proactive refresh (default: 300).
-Keep this well below the token TTL; if it is greater than or equal to
-the TTL, each request refreshes the token.
-
-***
-
-### scopes
-
-```ts
-scopes: string[];
-```
-
-OAuth scopes to request. For Azure managed identity, exactly one scope
-or resource is required. For example: `["api://{app_id}/.default"]`
--- a/docs/src/js/interfaces/OAuthConfig.md
+++ b/docs/src/js/interfaces/OAuthConfig.md
@@ -1,111 +0,0 @@
-[**@lancedb/lancedb**](../README.md) • **Docs**
-
-***
-
-[@lancedb/lancedb](../globals.md) / OAuthConfig
-
-# Interface: OAuthConfig
-
-OAuth configuration for LanceDB authentication.
-
-This is the public TypeScript OAuth configuration type. The generated
-`NativeOAuthConfig` type has the same runtime shape but is an implementation
-detail of the napi-rs binding.
-
-All token acquisition and refresh is handled in the Rust layer.
-This config is passed through to Rust via napi-rs.
-
-## Examples
-
-```typescript
-const config: OAuthConfig = {
-  issuerUrl: "https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/v2.0",
-  clientId: "app-id",
-  clientSecret: "secret",
-  scopes: ["api://lancedb-api/.default"],
-};
-```
-
-```typescript
-const config: OAuthConfig = {
-  issuerUrl: "https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/v2.0",
-  clientId: "app-id",
-  scopes: ["api://lancedb-api/.default"],
-  flow: OAuthFlowType.AzureManagedIdentity,
-};
-```
-
-## Properties
-
-### clientId
-
-```ts
-clientId: string;
-```
-
-Application / Client ID.
-
-***
-
-### clientSecret?
-
-```ts
-optional clientSecret: string;
-```
-
-Client secret (required for ClientCredentials).
-
-***
-
-### flow?
-
-```ts
-optional flow: OAuthFlowType;
-```
-
-Authentication flow (default: ClientCredentials).
-
-***
-
-### issuerUrl
-
-```ts
-issuerUrl: string;
-```
-
-OIDC issuer URL or OAuth authority URL.
-For Azure: `https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant_id}/v2.0`
-
-***
-
-### managedIdentityClientId?
-
-```ts
-optional managedIdentityClientId: string;
-```
-
-Client ID for user-assigned managed identity (AzureManagedIdentity).
-
-***
-
-### refreshBufferSecs?
-
-```ts
-optional refreshBufferSecs: number;
-```
-
-Seconds before expiry to trigger proactive refresh (default: 300).
-Keep this well below the token TTL; if it is greater than or equal to
-the TTL, each request refreshes the token.
-
-***
-
-### scopes
-
-```ts
-scopes: string[];
-```
-
-OAuth scopes to request.
-For Azure managed identity, exactly one scope or resource is required.
-For example: `["api://{app_id}/.default"]`
--- a/java/lancedb-core/pom.xml
+++ b/java/lancedb-core/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
    <parent>
      <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
      <artifactId>lancedb-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>0.31.0-beta.5</version>
+      <version>0.31.0-beta.2</version>
      <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
    </parent>

--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@

    <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
    <artifactId>lancedb-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.31.0-beta.5</version>
+    <version>0.31.0-beta.2</version>
    <packaging>pom</packaging>
    <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
    <description>LanceDB Java SDK Parent POM</description>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <arrow.version>15.0.0</arrow.version>
-        <lance-core.version>9.0.0-beta.10</lance-core.version>
+        <lance-core.version>9.0.0-beta.8</lance-core.version>
        <spotless.skip>false</spotless.skip>
        <spotless.version>2.30.0</spotless.version>
        <spotless.java.googlejavaformat.version>1.7</spotless.java.googlejavaformat.version>
--- a/nodejs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nodejs/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb-nodejs"
 edition.workspace = true
-version = "0.31.0-beta.5"
+version = "0.31.0-beta.2"
 publish = false
 license.workspace = true
 description.workspace = true
--- a/nodejs/lancedb/index.ts
+++ b/nodejs/lancedb/index.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ export {
  SplitHashOptions,
  SplitSequentialOptions,
  ShuffleOptions,
-  OAuthConfig as NativeOAuthConfig,
 } from "./native.js";

 export {
@@ -131,8 +130,6 @@ export {
  TokenResponse,
 } from "./header";

-export { OAuthConfig, OAuthFlowType } from "./oauth";
-
 export { MergeInsertBuilder, WriteExecutionOptions } from "./merge";

 export * as embedding from "./embedding";
--- a/nodejs/lancedb/oauth.ts
+++ b/nodejs/lancedb/oauth.ts
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
-
-/**
- * OAuth authentication flow types.
- */
-export enum OAuthFlowType {
-  /** Client Credentials grant (service-to-service / M2M). */
-  ClientCredentials = "client_credentials",
-  /** Azure Managed Identity via IMDS. */
-  AzureManagedIdentity = "azure_managed_identity",
-}
-
-/**
- * OAuth configuration for LanceDB authentication.
- *
- * This is the public TypeScript OAuth configuration type. The generated
- * `NativeOAuthConfig` type has the same runtime shape but is an implementation
- * detail of the napi-rs binding.
- *
- * All token acquisition and refresh is handled in the Rust layer.
- * This config is passed through to Rust via napi-rs.
- *
- * @example Client Credentials (service-to-service):
- * ```typescript
- * const config: OAuthConfig = {
- *   issuerUrl: "https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/v2.0",
- *   clientId: "app-id",
- *   clientSecret: "secret",
- *   scopes: ["api://lancedb-api/.default"],
- * };
- * ```
- *
- * @example Azure Managed Identity:
- * ```typescript
- * const config: OAuthConfig = {
- *   issuerUrl: "https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/v2.0",
- *   clientId: "app-id",
- *   scopes: ["api://lancedb-api/.default"],
- *   flow: OAuthFlowType.AzureManagedIdentity,
- * };
- * ```
- */
-export interface OAuthConfig {
-  /**
-   * OIDC issuer URL or OAuth authority URL.
-   * For Azure: `https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant_id}/v2.0`
-   */
-  issuerUrl: string;
-
-  /** Application / Client ID. */
-  clientId: string;
-
-  /**
-   * OAuth scopes to request.
-   * For Azure managed identity, exactly one scope or resource is required.
-   * For example: `["api://{app_id}/.default"]`
-   */
-  scopes: string[];
-
-  /** Authentication flow (default: ClientCredentials). */
-  flow?: OAuthFlowType;
-
-  /** Client secret (required for ClientCredentials). */
-  clientSecret?: string;
-
-  /** Client ID for user-assigned managed identity (AzureManagedIdentity). */
-  managedIdentityClientId?: string;
-
-  /**
-   * Seconds before expiry to trigger proactive refresh (default: 300).
-   * Keep this well below the token TTL; if it is greater than or equal to
-   * the TTL, each request refreshes the token.
-   */
-  refreshBufferSecs?: number;
-}
--- a/nodejs/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-darwin-arm64",
-	"version": "0.31.0-beta.5",
+	"version": "0.31.0-beta.2",
 	"os": ["darwin"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.darwin-arm64.node",
--- a/nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-gnu/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-gnu/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-arm64-gnu",
-	"version": "0.31.0-beta.5",
+	"version": "0.31.0-beta.2",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-arm64-gnu.node",
--- a/nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-musl/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/linux-arm64-musl/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-arm64-musl",
-	"version": "0.31.0-beta.5",
+	"version": "0.31.0-beta.2",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["arm64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-arm64-musl.node",
--- a/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-gnu/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-gnu/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-x64-gnu",
-	"version": "0.31.0-beta.5",
+	"version": "0.31.0-beta.2",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-x64-gnu.node",
--- a/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-musl/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/linux-x64-musl/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-linux-x64-musl",
-	"version": "0.31.0-beta.5",
+	"version": "0.31.0-beta.2",
 	"os": ["linux"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.linux-x64-musl.node",
--- a/nodejs/npm/win32-arm64-msvc/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/win32-arm64-msvc/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "@lancedb/lancedb-win32-arm64-msvc",
-  "version": "0.31.0-beta.5",
+  "version": "0.31.0-beta.2",
  "os": [
    "win32"
  ],
--- a/nodejs/npm/win32-x64-msvc/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/npm/win32-x64-msvc/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@lancedb/lancedb-win32-x64-msvc",
-	"version": "0.31.0-beta.5",
+	"version": "0.31.0-beta.2",
 	"os": ["win32"],
 	"cpu": ["x64"],
 	"main": "lancedb.win32-x64-msvc.node",
--- a/nodejs/package-lock.json
+++ b/nodejs/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
  "name": "@lancedb/lancedb",
-  "version": "0.31.0-beta.4",
+  "version": "0.31.0-beta.2",
  "lockfileVersion": 3,
  "requires": true,
  "packages": {
    "": {
      "name": "@lancedb/lancedb",
-      "version": "0.31.0-beta.4",
+      "version": "0.31.0-beta.2",
      "cpu": [
        "x64",
        "arm64"
--- a/nodejs/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
    "ann"
  ],
  "private": false,
-  "version": "0.31.0-beta.5",
+  "version": "0.31.0-beta.2",
  "main": "dist/index.js",
  "exports": {
    ".": "./dist/index.js",
--- a/nodejs/src/connection.rs
+++ b/nodejs/src/connection.rs
@@ -112,12 +112,6 @@ impl Connection {

        builder = builder.client_config(rust_config);

-        if let Some(oauth_config) = options.oauth_config {
-            let config: lancedb::remote::oauth::OAuthConfig =
-                oauth_config.try_into().default_error()?;
-            builder = builder.oauth_config(config);
-        }
-
        if let Some(api_key) = options.api_key {
            builder = builder.api_key(&api_key);
        }
--- a/nodejs/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nodejs/src/lib.rs
@@ -65,11 +65,6 @@ pub struct ConnectionOptions {
    /// (For LanceDB cloud only): the host to use for LanceDB cloud. Used
    /// for testing purposes.
    pub host_override: Option<String>,
-    /// (For LanceDB cloud only): OAuth configuration for IdP-based
-    /// authentication (e.g., Azure Entra ID). When set, token acquisition
-    /// and refresh are handled entirely in Rust. TypeScript users should pass
-    /// the public `OAuthConfig` type exported from `@lancedb/lancedb`.
-    pub oauth_config: Option<remote::OAuthConfig>,
 }

 #[napi(object)]
--- a/nodejs/src/merge.rs
+++ b/nodejs/src/merge.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@

 use std::time::Duration;

-use lancedb::{ipc::ipc_file_to_batches, table::merge::MergeInsertBuilder};
+use lancedb::{arrow::IntoArrow, ipc::ipc_file_to_batches, table::merge::MergeInsertBuilder};
 use napi::bindgen_prelude::*;
 use napi_derive::napi;

@@ -66,9 +66,11 @@ impl NativeMergeInsertBuilder {

    #[napi(catch_unwind)]
    pub async fn execute(&self, buf: Buffer) -> napi::Result<MergeResult> {
-        let data = ipc_file_to_batches(buf.to_vec()).map_err(|e| {
-            napi::Error::from_reason(format!("Failed to read IPC file: {}", convert_error(&e)))
-        })?;
+        let data = ipc_file_to_batches(buf.to_vec())
+            .and_then(IntoArrow::into_arrow)
+            .map_err(|e| {
+                napi::Error::from_reason(format!("Failed to read IPC file: {}", convert_error(&e)))
+            })?;

        let this = self.clone();

--- a/nodejs/src/remote.rs
+++ b/nodejs/src/remote.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@

 use std::collections::HashMap;

-use lancedb::error::Error;
 use napi_derive::*;

 /// Timeout configuration for remote HTTP client.
@@ -141,84 +140,6 @@ impl From<TlsConfig> for lancedb::remote::TlsConfig {
    }
 }

-/// OAuth configuration for LanceDB authentication.
-///
-/// This is the generated napi-rs binding shape. TypeScript users should prefer
-/// the public `OAuthConfig` type exported from `@lancedb/lancedb`.
-///
-/// All token acquisition and refresh is handled in the Rust layer.
-#[napi(object)]
-#[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct OAuthConfig {
-    /// OIDC issuer URL or OAuth authority URL.
-    /// For Azure: `https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant_id}/v2.0`
-    pub issuer_url: String,
-    /// Application / Client ID.
-    pub client_id: String,
-    /// OAuth scopes to request. For Azure managed identity, exactly one scope
-    /// or resource is required. For example: `["api://{app_id}/.default"]`
-    pub scopes: Vec<String>,
-    /// Authentication flow: "client_credentials" or "azure_managed_identity"
-    pub flow: Option<String>,
-    /// Client secret (required for client_credentials).
-    pub client_secret: Option<String>,
-    /// Client ID for user-assigned managed identity (azure_managed_identity).
-    pub managed_identity_client_id: Option<String>,
-    /// Seconds before expiry to trigger proactive refresh (default: 300).
-    /// Keep this well below the token TTL; if it is greater than or equal to
-    /// the TTL, each request refreshes the token.
-    pub refresh_buffer_secs: Option<u32>,
-}
-
-impl std::fmt::Debug for OAuthConfig {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        f.debug_struct("OAuthConfig")
-            .field("issuer_url", &self.issuer_url)
-            .field("client_id", &self.client_id)
-            .field("scopes", &self.scopes)
-            .field("flow", &self.flow)
-            .field(
-                "client_secret",
-                &self.client_secret.as_deref().map(|_| "<redacted>"),
-            )
-            .field(
-                "managed_identity_client_id",
-                &self.managed_identity_client_id,
-            )
-            .field("refresh_buffer_secs", &self.refresh_buffer_secs)
-            .finish()
-    }
-}
-
-impl TryFrom<OAuthConfig> for lancedb::remote::oauth::OAuthConfig {
-    type Error = Error;
-
-    fn try_from(config: OAuthConfig) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        use lancedb::remote::oauth::OAuthFlow;
-
-        let flow = match config.flow.as_deref().unwrap_or("client_credentials") {
-            "client_credentials" => OAuthFlow::ClientCredentials,
-            "azure_managed_identity" => OAuthFlow::AzureManagedIdentity {
-                client_id: config.managed_identity_client_id,
-            },
-            other => {
-                return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                    message: format!("Unknown OAuth flow type: {other}"),
-                });
-            }
-        };
-
-        Ok(Self {
-            issuer_url: config.issuer_url,
-            client_id: config.client_id,
-            client_secret: config.client_secret,
-            scopes: config.scopes,
-            flow,
-            refresh_buffer_secs: config.refresh_buffer_secs.map(|v| v as u64),
-        })
-    }
-}
-
 impl From<ClientConfig> for lancedb::remote::ClientConfig {
    fn from(config: ClientConfig) -> Self {
        Self {
@@ -235,45 +156,3 @@ impl From<ClientConfig> for lancedb::remote::ClientConfig {
        }
    }
 }
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_unknown_oauth_flow_returns_invalid_input() {
-        let config = OAuthConfig {
-            issuer_url: "https://issuer.example.com".to_string(),
-            client_id: "client-id".to_string(),
-            scopes: vec!["scope".to_string()],
-            flow: Some("typo".to_string()),
-            client_secret: None,
-            managed_identity_client_id: None,
-            refresh_buffer_secs: None,
-        };
-
-        let err = lancedb::remote::oauth::OAuthConfig::try_from(config).unwrap_err();
-        assert!(matches!(
-            err,
-            Error::InvalidInput { message }
-                if message == "Unknown OAuth flow type: typo"
-        ));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_oauth_config_debug_redacts_client_secret() {
-        let config = OAuthConfig {
-            issuer_url: "https://issuer.example.com".to_string(),
-            client_id: "client-id".to_string(),
-            scopes: vec!["scope".to_string()],
-            flow: Some("client_credentials".to_string()),
-            client_secret: Some("super-secret".to_string()),
-            managed_identity_client_id: None,
-            refresh_buffer_secs: None,
-        };
-
-        let debug = format!("{config:?}");
-        assert!(!debug.contains("super-secret"));
-        assert!(debug.contains("client_secret: Some(\"<redacted>\")"));
-    }
-}
--- a/python/.bumpversion.toml
+++ b/python/.bumpversion.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.34.0-beta.5"
+current_version = "0.34.0-beta.2"
 parse = """(?x)
    (?P<major>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
    (?P<minor>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.
--- a/python/Cargo.toml
+++ b/python/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb-python"
-version = "0.34.0-beta.5"
+version = "0.34.0-beta.2"
 publish = false
 edition.workspace = true
 description = "Python bindings for LanceDB"
--- a/python/python/lancedb/init.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/init.py
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ def connect(
        If presented, connect to LanceDB cloud.
        Otherwise, connect to a database on file system or cloud storage.
        Can be set via environment variable `LANCEDB_API_KEY`.
-        OAuth configuration is currently supported only by ``connect_async``;
-        synchronous LanceDB Cloud connections require an API key.
    region: str, default "us-east-1"
        The region to use for LanceDB Cloud.
    host_override: str, optional
@@ -342,7 +340,6 @@ async def connect_async(
    session: Optional[Session] = None,
    manifest_enabled: bool = False,
    namespace_client_properties: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
-    oauth_config=None,
 ) -> AsyncConnection:
    """Connect to a LanceDB database.

@@ -392,10 +389,6 @@ async def connect_async(
    namespace_client_properties : dict, optional
        Additional directory namespace client properties to use with
        ``manifest_enabled=True``.
-    oauth_config : OAuthConfig, optional
-        OAuth configuration for LanceDB Cloud/Enterprise. This is supported by
-        ``connect_async`` only; synchronous ``connect`` uses API key
-        authentication for ``db://`` URIs.

    Examples
    --------
@@ -442,7 +435,6 @@ async def connect_async(
            session,
            manifest_enabled,
            namespace_client_properties,
-            oauth_config,
        )
    )

--- a/python/python/lancedb/_lancedb.pyi
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/_lancedb.pyi
@@ -280,24 +280,6 @@ async def connect(
    session: Optional[Session],
    manifest_enabled: bool = False,
    namespace_client_properties: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
-    oauth_config: Optional[Any] = None,
-) -> Connection: ...
-def connect_namespace(
-    namespace_client_impl: str,
-    namespace_client_properties: Dict[str, str],
-    read_consistency_interval: Optional[float] = None,
-    storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
-    session: Optional[Session] = None,
-    namespace_client_pushdown_operations: Optional[List[str]] = None,
-) -> Connection: ...
-def connect_namespace_client(
-    namespace_client: Any,
-    read_consistency_interval: Optional[float] = None,
-    storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
-    session: Optional[Session] = None,
-    namespace_client_pushdown_operations: Optional[List[str]] = None,
-    namespace_client_impl: Optional[str] = None,
-    namespace_client_properties: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
 ) -> Connection: ...

 class RecordBatchStream:
--- a/python/python/lancedb/namespace.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/namespace.py
@@ -38,11 +38,8 @@ from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.query_table_request_vector import (
    QueryTableRequestVector,
 )
 from lance_namespace_urllib3_client.models.string_fts_query import StringFtsQuery
-from lance_namespace.errors import NamespaceNotEmptyError, TableNotFoundError
-from lancedb._lancedb import (
-    connect_namespace as _connect_namespace,
-    connect_namespace_client as _connect_namespace_client,
-)
+from lance_namespace.errors import TableNotFoundError
+from lancedb._lancedb import connect_namespace_client as _connect_namespace_client
 from lancedb.background_loop import LOOP
 from lancedb.db import AsyncConnection, DBConnection
 from lancedb.namespace_utils import (
@@ -376,23 +373,6 @@ def _convert_pyarrow_schema_to_json(schema: pa.Schema) -> JsonArrowSchema:
    return JsonArrowSchema(fields=fields, metadata=meta)


-def _builds_namespace_natively(
-    namespace_client_impl: Optional[str],
-    namespace_client_properties: Optional[Dict[str, str]],
-) -> bool:
-    """Whether ``connect_namespace_client`` builds the namespace client natively
-    in Rust (installing the read-freshness context provider) rather than wrapping
-    the pre-built Python client.
-
-    Must mirror Rust ``build_namespace_natively`` in ``python/src/connection.rs``.
-    """
-    return namespace_client_impl == "rest" and bool(namespace_client_properties)
-
-
-def _supports_native_sync_namespace(namespace_client_impl: str) -> bool:
-    return namespace_client_impl in {"dir", "rest"}
-
-
 class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
    """
    A LanceDB connection that uses a namespace for table management.
@@ -403,7 +383,7 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):

    def __init__(
        self,
-        namespace_client: Optional[LanceNamespace] = None,
+        namespace_client: LanceNamespace,
        *,
        read_consistency_interval: Optional[timedelta] = None,
        storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
@@ -411,8 +391,6 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        namespace_client_pushdown_operations: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        namespace_client_impl: Optional[str] = None,
        namespace_client_properties: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
-        _inner: Optional[AsyncConnection] = None,
-        _route_pushdown_to_rust: Optional[bool] = None,
    ):
        """
        Initialize a namespace-based LanceDB connection.
@@ -454,40 +432,23 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        )
        self._namespace_client_impl = namespace_client_impl
        self._namespace_client_properties = namespace_client_properties
-        # When the namespace client is built natively (see Rust
-        # ``build_namespace_natively``), the underlying Rust table performs
-        # QueryTable pushdown through the read-freshness context provider, which
-        # the pure-Python ``query_table`` path bypasses.
-        self._route_pushdown_to_rust = (
-            _route_pushdown_to_rust
-            if _route_pushdown_to_rust is not None
-            else _builds_namespace_natively(
-                namespace_client_impl, namespace_client_properties
+        self._inner = AsyncConnection(
+            _connect_namespace_client(
+                namespace_client,
+                read_consistency_interval=(
+                    read_consistency_interval.total_seconds()
+                    if read_consistency_interval is not None
+                    else None
+                ),
+                storage_options=self.storage_options or None,
+                session=session,
+                namespace_client_pushdown_operations=(
+                    list(self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations)
+                ),
+                namespace_client_impl=namespace_client_impl,
+                namespace_client_properties=namespace_client_properties,
            )
        )
-        if _inner is not None:
-            self._inner = _inner
-        else:
-            if namespace_client is None:
-                raise ValueError("namespace_client is required without a native _inner")
-            self._inner = AsyncConnection(
-                _connect_namespace_client(
-                    namespace_client,
-                    read_consistency_interval=(
-                        read_consistency_interval.total_seconds()
-                        if read_consistency_interval is not None
-                        else None
-                    ),
-                    storage_options=self.storage_options or None,
-                    session=session,
-                    namespace_client_pushdown_operations=(
-                        list(self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations)
-                    ),
-                    namespace_client_impl=namespace_client_impl,
-                    namespace_client_properties=namespace_client_properties,
-                )
-            )
-        self._uri = self._inner.uri

    @override
    def serialize(self) -> str:
@@ -533,11 +494,11 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        )
        if namespace_path is None:
            namespace_path = []
-        return LOOP.run(
-            self._inner.table_names(
-                namespace_path=namespace_path, start_after=page_token, limit=limit
-            )
+        request = ListTablesRequest(
+            id=namespace_path, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
        )
+        response = self._namespace_client.list_tables(request)
+        return response.tables if response.tables else []

    @override
    def create_table(
@@ -582,7 +543,6 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
            namespace_path=namespace_path,
            namespace_client=self._namespace_client,
            pushdown_operations=self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
-            route_pushdown_to_rust=self._route_pushdown_to_rust,
            _async=async_table,
        )

@@ -608,8 +568,8 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
                    index_cache_size=index_cache_size,
                )
            )
-        except (RuntimeError, ValueError) as e:
-            if "Table not found" in str(e) or "was not found" in str(e):
+        except RuntimeError as e:
+            if "Table not found" in str(e):
                table_id = namespace_path + [name]
                raise TableNotFoundError(f"Table not found: {'$'.join(table_id)}")
            raise
@@ -620,7 +580,6 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
            namespace_path=namespace_path,
            namespace_client=self._namespace_client,
            pushdown_operations=self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
-            route_pushdown_to_rust=self._route_pushdown_to_rust,
            _async=async_table,
        )
        if branch is not None:
@@ -631,9 +590,12 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):

    @override
    def drop_table(self, name: str, namespace_path: Optional[List[str]] = None):
+        # Use namespace drop_table directly
        if namespace_path is None:
            namespace_path = []
-        LOOP.run(self._inner.drop_table(name, namespace_path=namespace_path))
+        table_id = namespace_path + [name]
+        request = DropTableRequest(id=table_id)
+        self._namespace_client.drop_table(request)

    @override
    def rename_table(
@@ -647,19 +609,14 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
            cur_namespace_path = []
        if new_namespace_path is None:
            new_namespace_path = []
-        try:
-            LOOP.run(
-                self._inner.rename_table(
-                    cur_name,
-                    new_name,
-                    cur_namespace_path=cur_namespace_path,
-                    new_namespace_path=new_namespace_path,
-                )
-            )
-        except RuntimeError as e:
-            if "rename_table not implemented" in str(e):
-                raise NotImplementedError("rename_table not implemented") from e
-            raise
+        cur_table_id = cur_namespace_path + [cur_name]
+        new_namespace_id = new_namespace_path if new_namespace_path else None
+        request = RenameTableRequest(
+            id=cur_table_id,
+            new_table_name=new_name,
+            new_namespace_id=new_namespace_id,
+        )
+        self._namespace_client.rename_table(request)

    @override
    def drop_database(self):
@@ -671,7 +628,8 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
    def drop_all_tables(self, namespace_path: Optional[List[str]] = None):
        if namespace_path is None:
            namespace_path = []
-        LOOP.run(self._inner.drop_all_tables(namespace_path=namespace_path))
+        for table_name in self.table_names(namespace_path=namespace_path):
+            self.drop_table(table_name, namespace_path=namespace_path)

    @override
    def list_namespaces(
@@ -701,10 +659,13 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        """
        if namespace_path is None:
            namespace_path = []
-        return LOOP.run(
-            self._inner.list_namespaces(
-                namespace_path=namespace_path, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
-            )
+        request = ListNamespacesRequest(
+            id=namespace_path, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
+        )
+        response = self._namespace_client.list_namespaces(request)
+        return ListNamespacesResponse(
+            namespaces=response.namespaces if response.namespaces else [],
+            page_token=response.page_token,
        )

    @override
@@ -732,12 +693,14 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        CreateNamespaceResponse
            Response containing the properties of the created namespace.
        """
-        return LOOP.run(
-            self._inner.create_namespace(
-                namespace_path=namespace_path,
-                mode=mode,
-                properties=properties,
-            )
+        request = CreateNamespaceRequest(
+            id=namespace_path,
+            mode=_normalize_create_namespace_mode(mode),
+            properties=properties,
+        )
+        response = self._namespace_client.create_namespace(request)
+        return CreateNamespaceResponse(
+            properties=response.properties if hasattr(response, "properties") else None
        )

    @override
@@ -765,18 +728,20 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        DropNamespaceResponse
            Response containing properties and transaction_id if applicable.
        """
-        try:
-            return LOOP.run(
-                self._inner.drop_namespace(
-                    namespace_path=namespace_path,
-                    mode=mode,
-                    behavior=behavior,
-                )
-            )
-        except RuntimeError as e:
-            if "Namespace not empty" in str(e):
-                raise NamespaceNotEmptyError(str(e)) from e
-            raise
+        request = DropNamespaceRequest(
+            id=namespace_path,
+            mode=_normalize_drop_namespace_mode(mode),
+            behavior=_normalize_drop_namespace_behavior(behavior),
+        )
+        response = self._namespace_client.drop_namespace(request)
+        return DropNamespaceResponse(
+            properties=(
+                response.properties if hasattr(response, "properties") else None
+            ),
+            transaction_id=(
+                response.transaction_id if hasattr(response, "transaction_id") else None
+            ),
+        )

    @override
    def describe_namespace(
@@ -795,7 +760,11 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        DescribeNamespaceResponse
            Response containing the namespace properties.
        """
-        return LOOP.run(self._inner.describe_namespace(namespace_path))
+        request = DescribeNamespaceRequest(id=namespace_path)
+        response = self._namespace_client.describe_namespace(request)
+        return DescribeNamespaceResponse(
+            properties=response.properties if hasattr(response, "properties") else None
+        )

    @override
    def list_tables(
@@ -825,10 +794,13 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        """
        if namespace_path is None:
            namespace_path = []
-        return LOOP.run(
-            self._inner.list_tables(
-                namespace_path=namespace_path, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
-            )
+        request = ListTablesRequest(
+            id=namespace_path, page_token=page_token, limit=limit
+        )
+        response = self._namespace_client.list_tables(request)
+        return ListTablesResponse(
+            tables=response.tables if response.tables else [],
+            page_token=response.page_token,
        )

    def _lance_table_from_uri(
@@ -884,18 +856,6 @@ class LanceNamespaceDBConnection(DBConnection):
        LanceNamespace
            The namespace client for this connection.
        """
-        if self._namespace_client is None:
-            if (
-                self._namespace_client_impl is None
-                or self._namespace_client_properties is None
-            ):
-                raise ValueError(
-                    "Cannot construct a Python namespace client without "
-                    "namespace implementation properties"
-                )
-            self._namespace_client = namespace_connect(
-                self._namespace_client_impl, self._namespace_client_properties
-            )
        return self._namespace_client


@@ -915,8 +875,6 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
        storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
        session: Optional[Session] = None,
        namespace_client_pushdown_operations: Optional[List[str]] = None,
-        namespace_client_impl: Optional[str] = None,
-        namespace_client_properties: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
    ):
        """
        Initialize an async namespace-based LanceDB connection.
@@ -942,12 +900,6 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
              namespace.create_table() instead of using declare_table + local write.

            Default is None (no pushdown, all operations run locally).
-        namespace_client_impl : Optional[str]
-            The namespace implementation name used to create this connection.
-            Required (with ``namespace_client_properties``) for the Rust client to
-            be built natively and install the read-freshness provider.
-        namespace_client_properties : Optional[Dict[str, str]]
-            The namespace properties used to create this connection.
        """
        self._namespace_client = namespace_client
        self.read_consistency_interval = read_consistency_interval
@@ -956,14 +908,6 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
        self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations = set(
            namespace_client_pushdown_operations or []
        )
-        self._namespace_client_impl = namespace_client_impl
-        self._namespace_client_properties = namespace_client_properties
-        # See LanceNamespaceDBConnection: when built natively the Rust table runs
-        # QueryTable pushdown through the read-freshness provider, so defer to it
-        # rather than the urllib3 client (which omits x-lancedb-min-timestamp).
-        self._route_pushdown_to_rust = _builds_namespace_natively(
-            namespace_client_impl, namespace_client_properties
-        )
        self._inner = AsyncConnection(
            _connect_namespace_client(
                namespace_client,
@@ -977,8 +921,8 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
                namespace_client_pushdown_operations=(
                    list(self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations)
                ),
-                namespace_client_impl=namespace_client_impl,
-                namespace_client_properties=namespace_client_properties,
+                namespace_client_impl=None,
+                namespace_client_properties=None,
            )
        )

@@ -1048,7 +992,6 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
            namespace_path=namespace_path,
            namespace_client=self._namespace_client,
            pushdown_operations=self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
-            route_pushdown_to_rust=self._route_pushdown_to_rust,
        )

    async def open_table(
@@ -1086,7 +1029,6 @@ class AsyncLanceNamespaceDBConnection:
            namespace_path=namespace_path,
            namespace_client=self._namespace_client,
            pushdown_operations=self._namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
-            route_pushdown_to_rust=self._route_pushdown_to_rust,
        )

    async def drop_table(self, name: str, namespace_path: Optional[List[str]] = None):
@@ -1360,33 +1302,6 @@ def connect_namespace(
    LanceNamespaceDBConnection
        A namespace-based connection to LanceDB
    """
-    if _supports_native_sync_namespace(namespace_client_impl):
-        inner = AsyncConnection(
-            _connect_namespace(
-                namespace_client_impl,
-                namespace_client_properties,
-                read_consistency_interval=(
-                    read_consistency_interval.total_seconds()
-                    if read_consistency_interval is not None
-                    else None
-                ),
-                storage_options=storage_options,
-                session=session,
-                namespace_client_pushdown_operations=namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
-            )
-        )
-        return LanceNamespaceDBConnection(
-            namespace_client=None,
-            read_consistency_interval=read_consistency_interval,
-            storage_options=storage_options,
-            session=session,
-            namespace_client_pushdown_operations=namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
-            namespace_client_impl=namespace_client_impl,
-            namespace_client_properties=namespace_client_properties,
-            _inner=inner,
-            _route_pushdown_to_rust=True,
-        )
-
    namespace_client = namespace_connect(
        namespace_client_impl, namespace_client_properties
    )
@@ -1472,6 +1387,4 @@ def connect_namespace_async(
        storage_options=storage_options,
        session=session,
        namespace_client_pushdown_operations=namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
-        namespace_client_impl=namespace_client_impl,
-        namespace_client_properties=namespace_client_properties,
    )
--- a/python/python/lancedb/permutation.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/permutation.py
@@ -48,14 +48,6 @@ class PermutationBuilder:
        By default, the permutation builder will create a single split that contains all
        rows in the same order as the base table.
        """
-        if not hasattr(table, "_inner"):
-            raise TypeError(
-                f"PermutationBuilder requires a local LanceTable, "
-                f"got {type(table).__name__}. "
-                "The permutation API is not supported on remote tables. "
-                "Remote tables connect to LanceDB Cloud or Enterprise and do not have "
-                "direct access to the underlying Lance dataset needed for permutations."
-            )
        self._async = async_permutation_builder(table)

    def split_random(
--- a/python/python/lancedb/remote/init.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/remote/init.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from typing import List, Optional
 from lancedb import __version__

 from .header import HeaderProvider
-from .oauth import OAuthConfig, OAuthFlowType

 __all__ = [
    "TimeoutConfig",
@@ -17,8 +16,6 @@ __all__ = [
    "TlsConfig",
    "ClientConfig",
    "HeaderProvider",
-    "OAuthConfig",
-    "OAuthFlowType",
 ]


--- a/python/python/lancedb/remote/oauth.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/remote/oauth.py
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
-
-from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from enum import Enum
-from typing import List, Optional
-
-
-class OAuthFlowType(str, Enum):
-    """OAuth authentication flow types."""
-
-    CLIENT_CREDENTIALS = "client_credentials"
-    """Client Credentials grant (service-to-service / M2M)."""
-
-    AZURE_MANAGED_IDENTITY = "azure_managed_identity"
-    """Azure Managed Identity via IMDS."""
-
-
-@dataclass
-class OAuthConfig:
-    """OAuth configuration for LanceDB authentication.
-
-    All token acquisition and refresh is handled in the Rust layer.
-    This config is passed through to Rust via PyO3.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    issuer_url : str
-        OIDC issuer URL or OAuth authority URL.
-        For Azure: ``https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant_id}/v2.0``
-    client_id : str
-        Application / Client ID.
-    scopes : List[str]
-        OAuth scopes to request.
-        For Azure managed identity, exactly one scope or resource is required.
-        For example: ``["api://{app_id}/.default"]``
-    flow : OAuthFlowType
-        Authentication flow to use. Default: CLIENT_CREDENTIALS.
-    client_secret : Optional[str]
-        Client secret (required for CLIENT_CREDENTIALS).
-    managed_identity_client_id : Optional[str]
-        Client ID for user-assigned managed identity (AZURE_MANAGED_IDENTITY).
-    refresh_buffer_secs : Optional[int]
-        Seconds before expiry to trigger proactive refresh (default: 300).
-        Keep this well below the token TTL; if it is greater than or equal to
-        the TTL, each request refreshes the token.
-
-    Examples
-    --------
-    Client Credentials (service-to-service):
-
-    >>> config = OAuthConfig(
-    ...     issuer_url="https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/v2.0",
-    ...     client_id="app-id",
-    ...     client_secret="secret",
-    ...     scopes=["api://lancedb-api/.default"],
-    ... )
-
-    Azure Managed Identity:
-
-    >>> config = OAuthConfig(
-    ...     issuer_url="https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/v2.0",
-    ...     client_id="app-id",
-    ...     scopes=["api://lancedb-api/.default"],
-    ...     flow=OAuthFlowType.AZURE_MANAGED_IDENTITY,
-    ... )
-    """
-
-    issuer_url: str
-    client_id: str
-    scopes: List[str]
-    flow: OAuthFlowType = OAuthFlowType.CLIENT_CREDENTIALS
-    client_secret: Optional[str] = field(default=None, repr=False)
-    managed_identity_client_id: Optional[str] = None
-    refresh_buffer_secs: Optional[int] = None
--- a/python/python/lancedb/table.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/table.py
@@ -2022,7 +2022,6 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
        namespace_client: Optional[Any] = None,
        managed_versioning: Optional[bool] = None,
        pushdown_operations: Optional[set] = None,
-        route_pushdown_to_rust: bool = False,
        _async: AsyncTable = None,
    ):
        if namespace_path is None:
@@ -2032,14 +2031,6 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
        self._location = location  # Store location for use in _dataset_path
        self._namespace_client = namespace_client
        self._pushdown_operations = pushdown_operations or set()
-        # When the connection built the namespace client natively (e.g. an
-        # enterprise "rest" connection), the underlying Rust table already
-        # executes QueryTable pushdown itself -- and, unlike this Python urllib3
-        # path, it routes through the read-freshness context provider that emits
-        # the ``x-lancedb-min-timestamp`` header. So we must defer pushdown to
-        # Rust instead of calling the Python ``namespace_client.query_table``
-        # directly, or reads silently bypass read-freshness (stale results).
-        self._route_pushdown_to_rust = route_pushdown_to_rust
        if _async is not None:
            self._table = _async
        else:
@@ -2142,19 +2133,12 @@ class LanceTable(Table):

        branch = self.current_branch()
        version = None if branch is not None else self.version
-        namespace_client = self._namespace_client
-        if namespace_client is None:
-            conn_uri = getattr(self._conn, "uri", "")
-            if get_uri_scheme(conn_uri) == "namespace":
-                namespace_client = self._conn.namespace_client()
-                self._namespace_client = namespace_client
-
-        if namespace_client is not None:
+        if self._namespace_client is not None:
            table_id = self._namespace_path + [self.name]
            ds = lance.dataset(
                version=version,
                storage_options=self._conn.storage_options,
-                namespace_client=namespace_client,
+                namespace_client=self._namespace_client,
                table_id=table_id,
                **kwargs,
            )
@@ -2257,7 +2241,6 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
            namespace_path=self._namespace_path,
            namespace_client=self._namespace_client,
            pushdown_operations=self._pushdown_operations,
-            route_pushdown_to_rust=self._route_pushdown_to_rust,
            location=self._location,
            _async=async_table,
        )
@@ -2408,11 +2391,8 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
        Returns
        -------
        pa.Table"""
-        if (
-            _should_push_down_query_table(
-                self._namespace_client, self._pushdown_operations
-            )
-            and not self._route_pushdown_to_rust
+        if _should_push_down_query_table(
+            self._namespace_client, self._pushdown_operations
        ):
            return self._execute_query(Query()).read_all()

@@ -3364,7 +3344,6 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
        location: Optional[str] = None,
        namespace_client: Optional[Any] = None,
        pushdown_operations: Optional[set] = None,
-        route_pushdown_to_rust: bool = False,
    ):
        """
        Create a new table.
@@ -3427,7 +3406,6 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
        self._location = location
        self._namespace_client = namespace_client
        self._pushdown_operations = pushdown_operations or set()
-        self._route_pushdown_to_rust = route_pushdown_to_rust

        if data_storage_version is not None:
            warnings.warn(
@@ -3541,7 +3519,6 @@ class LanceTable(Table):
            _should_push_down_query_table(
                self._namespace_client, self._pushdown_operations
            )
-            and not self._route_pushdown_to_rust
            and self.current_branch() is None
        ):
            from lancedb.namespace import _execute_server_side_query
@@ -4283,7 +4260,6 @@ class AsyncTable:
        namespace_path: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        namespace_client: Optional[Any] = None,
        pushdown_operations: Optional[set] = None,
-        route_pushdown_to_rust: bool = False,
    ):
        """Create a new AsyncTable object.

@@ -4296,9 +4272,6 @@ class AsyncTable:
        self._namespace_path = namespace_path or []
        self._namespace_client = namespace_client
        self._pushdown_operations = pushdown_operations or set()
-        # See LanceTable.__init__: defer QueryTable pushdown to Rust (which emits
-        # the read-freshness header) for natively-built namespace clients.
-        self._route_pushdown_to_rust = route_pushdown_to_rust

    def _set_namespace_context(
        self,
@@ -4306,12 +4279,10 @@ class AsyncTable:
        namespace_path: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        namespace_client: Optional[Any] = None,
        pushdown_operations: Optional[set] = None,
-        route_pushdown_to_rust: bool = False,
    ) -> "AsyncTable":
        self._namespace_path = namespace_path or []
        self._namespace_client = namespace_client
        self._pushdown_operations = pushdown_operations or set()
-        self._route_pushdown_to_rust = route_pushdown_to_rust
        return self

    def __repr__(self):
@@ -4521,11 +4492,8 @@ class AsyncTable:
        -------
        pa.Table
        """
-        if (
-            _should_push_down_query_table(
-                self._namespace_client, self._pushdown_operations
-            )
-            and not self._route_pushdown_to_rust
+        if _should_push_down_query_table(
+            self._namespace_client, self._pushdown_operations
        ):
            return (await self._execute_query(Query())).read_all()

@@ -5209,11 +5177,8 @@ class AsyncTable:
        batch_size: Optional[int] = None,
        timeout: Optional[timedelta] = None,
    ) -> pa.RecordBatchReader:
-        if (
-            _should_push_down_query_table(
-                self._namespace_client, self._pushdown_operations
-            )
-            and not self._route_pushdown_to_rust
+        if _should_push_down_query_table(
+            self._namespace_client, self._pushdown_operations
        ):
            from lancedb.namespace import _execute_server_side_query

--- a/python/python/tests/test_namespace.py
+++ b/python/python/tests/test_namespace.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@

 import tempfile
 import shutil
-import importlib
 import pytest
 import pyarrow as pa
 import lancedb
@@ -66,9 +65,6 @@ def _namespace_lance_table(namespace_client: _NamespaceClient) -> LanceTable:
    table._namespace_path = ["geneva"]
    table._namespace_client = namespace_client
    table._pushdown_operations = {"QueryTable"}
-    # This test exercises the Python-side pushdown path (non-native client), so
-    # pushdown is not routed to Rust.
-    table._route_pushdown_to_rust = False
    return table


@@ -104,40 +100,6 @@ class TestNamespaceConnection:
        assert isinstance(db, lancedb.LanceNamespaceDBConnection)
        assert len(list(db.table_names())) == 0

-    def test_sync_builtin_namespace_uses_rust_without_python_client(self, monkeypatch):
-        """Built-in sync namespace connections should not construct or call the
-        Python namespace client for normal namespace/table management."""
-        namespace_module = importlib.import_module("lancedb.namespace")
-
-        def fail_namespace_connect(*args, **kwargs):
-            raise AssertionError("Python namespace client should not be constructed")
-
-        monkeypatch.setattr(
-            namespace_module, "namespace_connect", fail_namespace_connect
-        )
-
-        db = lancedb.connect_namespace("dir", {"root": self.temp_dir})
-        assert isinstance(db, lancedb.LanceNamespaceDBConnection)
-        assert db._namespace_client is None
-        assert db._route_pushdown_to_rust is True
-
-        db.create_namespace(["test_ns"])
-        assert "test_ns" in db.list_namespaces().namespaces
-
-        schema = pa.schema([pa.field("id", pa.int64())])
-        table = db.create_table("test_table", schema=schema, namespace_path=["test_ns"])
-        assert table.namespace == ["test_ns"]
-        assert "test_table" in db.table_names(namespace_path=["test_ns"])
-        assert "test_table" in db.list_tables(namespace_path=["test_ns"]).tables
-
-        opened = db.open_table("test_table", namespace_path=["test_ns"])
-        assert opened.namespace == ["test_ns"]
-
-        db.drop_table("test_table", namespace_path=["test_ns"])
-        assert db.list_tables(namespace_path=["test_ns"]).tables == []
-        db.drop_namespace(["test_ns"])
-        assert "test_ns" not in db.list_namespaces().namespaces
-
    def test_create_table_through_namespace(self):
        """Test creating a table through namespace."""
        db = lancedb.connect_namespace("dir", {"root": self.temp_dir})
@@ -843,38 +805,6 @@ class TestPushdownOperations:
        db = lancedb.connect_namespace("dir", {"root": self.temp_dir})
        assert len(db._namespace_client_pushdown_operations) == 0

-    def test_route_pushdown_to_rust_for_native_rest(self):
-        """A natively-built rest connection must defer QueryTable pushdown to
-        Rust so reads carry the x-lancedb-min-timestamp read-freshness header."""
-        db = lancedb.connect_namespace(
-            "rest",
-            {"uri": "http://localhost:12345"},
-            namespace_client_pushdown_operations=["QueryTable"],
-        )
-        assert db._route_pushdown_to_rust is True
-
-    def test_route_pushdown_to_rust_for_native_dir(self):
-        """The sync dir connection is natively built and defers QueryTable
-        pushdown to Rust."""
-        db = lancedb.connect_namespace("dir", {"root": self.temp_dir})
-        assert db._route_pushdown_to_rust is True
-
-    def test_async_route_pushdown_to_rust_for_native_rest(self):
-        """The async connection must not silently bypass the read-freshness fix:
-        a natively-built rest connection defers pushdown to Rust (regression test
-        for the async path omitting the freshness header)."""
-        db = lancedb.connect_namespace_async(
-            "rest",
-            {"uri": "http://localhost:12345"},
-            namespace_client_pushdown_operations=["QueryTable"],
-        )
-        assert db._route_pushdown_to_rust is True
-
-    def test_async_route_pushdown_to_rust_false_for_dir(self):
-        """The async non-native (dir) connection keeps the Python pushdown path."""
-        db = lancedb.connect_namespace_async("dir", {"root": self.temp_dir})
-        assert db._route_pushdown_to_rust is False
-
    def test_lance_table_to_arrow_uses_query_pushdown(self):
        namespace_client = _NamespaceClient()
        table = _namespace_lance_table(namespace_client)
--- a/python/python/tests/test_table.py
+++ b/python/python/tests/test_table.py
@@ -1137,16 +1137,6 @@ def test_namespace_open_table_with_branch_version(tmp_path):
    assert db.open_table("t", namespace_path=["ns1"], branch="exp").count_rows() == 3


-def test_namespace_root_table_to_lance_uses_namespace_client(tmp_path):
-    pytest.importorskip("lance")  # "dir" impl is lance.namespace.DirectoryNamespace
-    db = lancedb.connect_namespace("dir", {"root": str(tmp_path)})
-    table = db.create_table("t", [{"i": 0}])
-
-    assert table._namespace_client is None
-    assert table.to_lance().count_rows() == 1
-    assert table._namespace_client is not None
-
-
@pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_async_namespace_open_table_with_branch_version(tmp_path):
    pytest.importorskip("lance")  # "dir" impl is lance.namespace.DirectoryNamespace
--- a/python/src/connection.rs
+++ b/python/src/connection.rs
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ impl Connection {
 }

 #[pyfunction]
-#[pyo3(signature = (uri, api_key=None, region=None, host_override=None, read_consistency_interval=None, client_config=None, storage_options=None, session=None, manifest_enabled=false, namespace_client_properties=None, oauth_config=None))]
+#[pyo3(signature = (uri, api_key=None, region=None, host_override=None, read_consistency_interval=None, client_config=None, storage_options=None, session=None, manifest_enabled=false, namespace_client_properties=None))]
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 pub fn connect(
    py: Python<'_>,
@@ -553,7 +553,6 @@ pub fn connect(
    session: Option<crate::session::Session>,
    manifest_enabled: bool,
    namespace_client_properties: Option<HashMap<String, String>>,
-    oauth_config: Option<crate::oauth::PyOAuthConfig>,
 ) -> PyResult<Bound<'_, PyAny>> {
    future_into_py(py, async move {
        let mut builder = lancedb::connect(&uri);
@@ -583,11 +582,6 @@ pub fn connect(
        if let Some(client_config) = client_config {
            builder = builder.client_config(client_config.into());
        }
-        if let Some(oauth_config) = oauth_config {
-            let config: lancedb::remote::oauth::OAuthConfig =
-                oauth_config.try_into().infer_error()?;
-            builder = builder.oauth_config(config);
-        }
        if let Some(session) = session {
            builder = builder.session(session.inner.clone());
        }
@@ -616,38 +610,24 @@ pub fn connect_namespace_client(
    namespace_client_impl: Option<String>,
    namespace_client_properties: Option<HashMap<String, String>>,
 ) -> PyResult<Connection> {
+    let namespace_client = extract_namespace_arc(py, namespace_client)?;
    let read_consistency_interval = read_consistency_interval.map(Duration::from_secs_f64);
    let namespace_client_pushdown_operations =
        parse_namespace_client_pushdown_operations(namespace_client_pushdown_operations)?;
+    let ns_impl = namespace_client_impl.unwrap_or_else(|| "python".to_string());
    let ns_properties = namespace_client_properties.unwrap_or_default();
    let storage_options = storage_options.unwrap_or_default();
    let session = session.map(|s| s.inner.clone());

-    // Prefer building the namespace natively from (impl, properties) so the
-    // read-freshness provider installed
-    let database = if build_namespace_natively(namespace_client_impl.as_deref(), &ns_properties) {
-        let ns_impl = namespace_client_impl.expect("impl present per build_namespace_natively");
-        crate::runtime::block_on(LanceNamespaceDatabase::connect(
-            &ns_impl,
-            ns_properties,
-            storage_options,
-            read_consistency_interval,
-            session,
-            namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
-        ))
-        .infer_error()?
-    } else {
-        let namespace_client = extract_namespace_arc(py, namespace_client)?;
-        LanceNamespaceDatabase::from_namespace_client(
-            namespace_client,
-            namespace_client_impl.unwrap_or_else(|| "python".to_string()),
-            ns_properties,
-            storage_options,
-            read_consistency_interval,
-            session,
-            namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
-        )
-    };
+    let database = LanceNamespaceDatabase::from_namespace_client(
+        namespace_client,
+        ns_impl,
+        ns_properties,
+        storage_options,
+        read_consistency_interval,
+        session,
+        namespace_client_pushdown_operations,
+    );

    Ok(Connection::new(LanceConnection::new(
        Arc::new(database),
@@ -655,56 +635,6 @@ pub fn connect_namespace_client(
    )))
 }

-#[pyfunction]
-#[pyo3(signature = (
-    namespace_client_impl,
-    namespace_client_properties,
-    read_consistency_interval=None,
-    storage_options=None,
-    session=None,
-    namespace_client_pushdown_operations=None,
-))]
-#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
-pub fn connect_namespace(
-    namespace_client_impl: String,
-    namespace_client_properties: HashMap<String, String>,
-    read_consistency_interval: Option<f64>,
-    storage_options: Option<HashMap<String, String>>,
-    session: Option<crate::session::Session>,
-    namespace_client_pushdown_operations: Option<Vec<String>>,
-) -> PyResult<Connection> {
-    let read_consistency_interval = read_consistency_interval.map(Duration::from_secs_f64);
-    let namespace_client_pushdown_operations =
-        parse_namespace_client_pushdown_operations(namespace_client_pushdown_operations)?;
-
-    let mut builder =
-        lancedb::connect_namespace(&namespace_client_impl, namespace_client_properties)
-            .pushdown_operations(namespace_client_pushdown_operations);
-    if let Some(storage_options) = storage_options {
-        builder = builder.storage_options(storage_options);
-    }
-    if let Some(read_consistency_interval) = read_consistency_interval {
-        builder = builder.read_consistency_interval(read_consistency_interval);
-    }
-    if let Some(session) = session {
-        builder = builder.session(session.inner.clone());
-    }
-
-    Ok(Connection::new(
-        crate::runtime::block_on(builder.execute()).infer_error()?,
-    ))
-}
-
-/// Whether to build the namespace natively (from impl + properties) instead of
-/// wrapping a pre-built client. Native construction is required for the
-/// read-freshness provider to be installed
-fn build_namespace_natively(
-    namespace_client_impl: Option<&str>,
-    namespace_client_properties: &HashMap<String, String>,
-) -> bool {
-    matches!(namespace_client_impl, Some("rest")) && !namespace_client_properties.is_empty()
-}
-
 #[derive(FromPyObject)]
 pub struct PyClientConfig {
    user_agent: String,
@@ -803,36 +733,3 @@ impl From<PyClientConfig> for lancedb::remote::ClientConfig {
        }
    }
 }
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-
-    fn props(pairs: &[(&str, &str)]) -> HashMap<String, String> {
-        pairs
-            .iter()
-            .map(|(k, v)| (k.to_string(), v.to_string()))
-            .collect()
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn native_build_only_for_rest_with_properties() {
-        let rest = props(&[("uri", "http://localhost:10024")]);
-
-        // rest + non-empty properties -> build natively (installs the
-        // read-freshness provider so checkout_latest() busts the server cache).
-        assert!(build_namespace_natively(Some("rest"), &rest));
-
-        // dir is local (no server cache) -> wrap the pre-built client unchanged.
-        assert!(!build_namespace_natively(
-            Some("dir"),
-            &props(&[("root", "/tmp")])
-        ));
-
-        // No impl: only a pre-built client was handed in -> wrap it as-is.
-        assert!(!build_namespace_natively(None, &rest));
-
-        // rest but no properties: nothing to build a connection from -> wrap.
-        assert!(!build_namespace_natively(Some("rest"), &HashMap::new()));
-    }
-}
--- a/python/src/lib.rs
+++ b/python/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors

 use arrow::RecordBatchStream;
-use connection::{Connection, connect, connect_namespace, connect_namespace_client};
+use connection::{Connection, connect, connect_namespace_client};
 use env_logger::Env;
 use expr::{PyExpr, expr_col, expr_func, expr_lit};
 use index::IndexConfig;
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ pub mod expr;
 pub mod header;
 pub mod index;
 pub mod namespace;
-pub mod oauth;
 pub mod permutation;
 pub mod query;
 pub mod runtime;
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ pub fn _lancedb(_py: Python, m: &Bound<'_, PyModule>) -> PyResult<()> {
    m.add_class::<PyPermutationReader>()?;
    m.add_class::<PyExpr>()?;
    m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(connect, m)?)?;
-    m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(connect_namespace, m)?)?;
    m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(connect_namespace_client, m)?)?;
    m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(permutation::async_permutation_builder, m)?)?;
    m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(util::validate_table_name, m)?)?;
--- a/python/src/oauth.rs
+++ b/python/src/oauth.rs
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
-
-use pyo3::FromPyObject;
-
-use lancedb::error::Error;
-use lancedb::remote::oauth::{OAuthConfig, OAuthFlow};
-
-/// Python-side OAuth configuration, extracted via FromPyObject.
-/// Maps to `lancedb.remote.oauth.OAuthConfig` Python dataclass.
-#[derive(FromPyObject)]
-pub struct PyOAuthConfig {
-    pub issuer_url: String,
-    pub client_id: String,
-    pub scopes: Vec<String>,
-    pub flow: String,
-    pub client_secret: Option<String>,
-    pub managed_identity_client_id: Option<String>,
-    pub refresh_buffer_secs: Option<u64>,
-}
-
-impl TryFrom<PyOAuthConfig> for OAuthConfig {
-    type Error = Error;
-
-    fn try_from(py: PyOAuthConfig) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        let flow = match py.flow.as_str() {
-            "client_credentials" => OAuthFlow::ClientCredentials,
-            "azure_managed_identity" => OAuthFlow::AzureManagedIdentity {
-                client_id: py.managed_identity_client_id,
-            },
-            other => {
-                return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                    message: format!("Unknown OAuth flow type: {other}"),
-                });
-            }
-        };
-
-        Ok(Self {
-            issuer_url: py.issuer_url,
-            client_id: py.client_id,
-            client_secret: py.client_secret,
-            scopes: py.scopes,
-            flow,
-            refresh_buffer_secs: py.refresh_buffer_secs,
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_unknown_oauth_flow_returns_invalid_input() {
-        let config = PyOAuthConfig {
-            issuer_url: "https://issuer.example.com".to_string(),
-            client_id: "client-id".to_string(),
-            scopes: vec!["scope".to_string()],
-            flow: "typo".to_string(),
-            client_secret: None,
-            managed_identity_client_id: None,
-            refresh_buffer_secs: None,
-        };
-
-        let err = OAuthConfig::try_from(config).unwrap_err();
-        assert!(matches!(
-            err,
-            Error::InvalidInput { message }
-                if message == "Unknown OAuth flow type: typo"
-        ));
-    }
-}
--- a/python/src/runtime.rs
+++ b/python/src/runtime.rs
@@ -56,15 +56,6 @@ fn get_runtime() -> &'static runtime::Runtime {
    unsafe { &*new_ptr }
 }

-/// Block the current thread on a future using the shared runtime.
-///
-/// For sync `#[pyfunction]`s that need to drive an async operation (e.g.
-/// building a namespace client). Must not be called from within the runtime's
-/// own worker threads.
-pub fn block_on<F: std::future::Future>(fut: F) -> F::Output {
-    get_runtime().block_on(fut)
-}
-
 /// Runs in async-signal context after `fork()` in the child.  We can only
 /// touch atomics here; we deliberately leak the previous runtime because
 /// dropping a tokio `Runtime` would try to join its (now-dead) worker
--- a/python/tests/test_oauth.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_oauth.py
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
-
-import importlib.util
-import sys
-from pathlib import Path
-
-
-def _load_oauth_module():
-    oauth_path = (
-        Path(__file__).parents[1] / "python" / "lancedb" / "remote" / "oauth.py"
-    )
-    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("lancedb_remote_oauth", oauth_path)
-    module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
-    assert spec.loader is not None
-    sys.modules[spec.name] = module
-    spec.loader.exec_module(module)
-    return module
-
-
-def test_oauth_config_repr_redacts_client_secret():
-    oauth = _load_oauth_module()
-
-    config = oauth.OAuthConfig(
-        issuer_url="https://issuer.example.com",
-        client_id="client-id",
-        scopes=["scope"],
-        client_secret="super-secret",
-    )
-
-    rendered = repr(config)
-    assert "super-secret" not in rendered
-    assert "client_secret" not in rendered
--- a/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.31.0-beta.5"
+version = "0.31.0-beta.2"
 edition.workspace = true
 description = "LanceDB: A serverless, low-latency vector database for AI applications"
 license.workspace = true
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ lance-namespace = { workspace = true }
 lance-namespace-impls = { workspace = true }
 moka = { workspace = true }
 pin-project = { workspace = true }
-tokio = { version = "1.23", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "sync"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.23", features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }
 log.workspace = true
 async-trait = "0"
 bytes = "1"
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.12.0", default-features = false, features = [
    "stream",
 ], optional = true }
 http = { version = "1", optional = true } # Matching what is in reqwest
-urlencoding = { version = "2", optional = true }
 uuid = { version = "1.7.0", features = ["v4", "v5"] }
 polars-arrow = { version = ">=0.37,<0.40.0", optional = true }
 polars = { version = ">=0.37,<0.40.0", optional = true }
@@ -94,7 +93,6 @@ semver = { workspace = true }
 anyhow = "1"
 tempfile = "3.5.0"
 random_word = { version = "0.4.3", features = ["en"] }
-tokio = { version = "1.23", features = ["io-util", "macros", "net", "rt-multi-thread", "sync"] }
 uuid = { version = "1.7.0", features = ["v4"] }
 walkdir = "2"
 aws-sdk-dynamodb = { version = "1.55.0" }
@@ -131,13 +129,7 @@ huggingface = [
    "lance-namespace-impls/dir-huggingface",
 ]
 dynamodb = ["lance/dynamodb", "aws"]
-remote = [
-    "dep:reqwest",
-    "dep:http",
-    "dep:urlencoding",
-    "lance-namespace-impls/rest",
-    "lance-namespace-impls/rest-adapter",
-]
+remote = ["dep:reqwest", "dep:http", "lance-namespace-impls/rest", "lance-namespace-impls/rest-adapter"]
 fp16kernels = ["lance-linalg/fp16kernels"]
 s3-test = []
 bedrock = ["dep:aws-sdk-bedrockruntime"]
@@ -166,10 +158,6 @@ required-features = ["bedrock"]
 [[example]]
 name = "simple"

-[[example]]
-name = "polars"
-required-features = ["polars"]
-
 [[example]]
 name = "full_text_search"

--- a/rust/lancedb/examples/polars.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/examples/polars.rs
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
-
-//! This example demonstrates ingesting a Polars DataFrame into LanceDB and
-//! reading it back out as a Polars DataFrame.
-
-use lancedb::arrow::IntoPolars;
-use lancedb::query::ExecutableQuery;
-use lancedb::{Result, connect};
-use polars::prelude::{DataFrame, NamedFrom, Series};
-
-fn make_dataframe() -> DataFrame {
-    let ids = Series::new("id", &[1i32, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
-    let names = Series::new("name", &["Alice", "Bob", "Carol", "Dave", "Eve"]);
-    let scores = Series::new("score", &[9.5f64, 8.1, 7.3, 9.0, 6.5]);
-    DataFrame::new(vec![ids, names, scores]).unwrap()
-}
-
-#[tokio::main]
-async fn main() -> Result<()> {
-    let tmp = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
-    let db = connect(tmp.path().to_str().unwrap()).execute().await?;
-
-    // Ingest a Polars DataFrame directly — DataFrame now implements Scannable.
-    let df = make_dataframe();
-    println!("Input DataFrame:\n{df}");
-
-    let table = db.create_table("people", df).execute().await?;
-
-    // Append more rows.
-    let more = DataFrame::new(vec![
-        Series::new("id", &[6i32, 7]),
-        Series::new("name", &["Frank", "Grace"]),
-        Series::new("score", &[7.8f64, 8.9]),
-    ])
-    .unwrap();
-    table.add(more).execute().await?;
-
-    // Read back as a Polars DataFrame.
-    let result_df = table.query().execute().await?.into_polars().await?;
-
-    println!(
-        "\nRound-tripped DataFrame ({} rows):\n{result_df}",
-        result_df.height()
-    );
-    Ok(())
-}
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/arrow.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/arrow.rs
@@ -112,14 +112,54 @@ impl<S: Stream<Item = Result<arrow_array::RecordBatch>>> RecordBatchStream

 /// A trait for converting incoming data to Arrow
 ///
+/// Integrations should implement this trait to allow data to be
+/// imported directly from the integration.  For example, implementing
+/// this trait for `Vec<Vec<...>>` would allow the `Vec` to be directly
+/// used in methods like [`crate::connection::Connection::create_table`]
+/// or [`crate::table::Table::add`]
+pub trait IntoArrow {
+    /// Convert the data into an iterator of Arrow batches
+    fn into_arrow(self) -> Result<Box<dyn arrow_array::RecordBatchReader + Send>>;
+}
+
 pub type BoxedRecordBatchReader = Box<dyn arrow_array::RecordBatchReader + Send>;

+impl<T: arrow_array::RecordBatchReader + Send + 'static> IntoArrow for T {
+    fn into_arrow(self) -> Result<Box<dyn arrow_array::RecordBatchReader + Send>> {
+        Ok(Box::new(self))
+    }
+}
+
+/// A trait for converting incoming data to Arrow asynchronously
+///
+/// Serves the same purpose as [`IntoArrow`], but for asynchronous data.
+///
+/// Note: Arrow has no async equivalent to RecordBatchReader and so
+pub trait IntoArrowStream {
+    /// Convert the data into a stream of Arrow batches
+    fn into_arrow(self) -> Result<SendableRecordBatchStream>;
+}
+
 impl<S: Stream<Item = Result<arrow_array::RecordBatch>>> SimpleRecordBatchStream<S> {
    pub fn new(stream: S, schema: Arc<arrow_schema::Schema>) -> Self {
        Self { schema, stream }
    }
 }

+impl IntoArrowStream for SendableRecordBatchStream {
+    fn into_arrow(self) -> Result<SendableRecordBatchStream> {
+        Ok(self)
+    }
+}
+
+impl IntoArrowStream for datafusion_physical_plan::SendableRecordBatchStream {
+    fn into_arrow(self) -> Result<SendableRecordBatchStream> {
+        let schema = self.schema();
+        let stream = self.map_err(|df_err| df_err.into());
+        Ok(Box::pin(SimpleRecordBatchStream::new(stream, schema)))
+    }
+}
+
 pub trait LanceDbDatagenExt {
    fn into_ldb_stream(
        self,
@@ -224,7 +264,9 @@ impl IntoPolars for SendableRecordBatchStream {
 #[cfg(all(test, feature = "polars"))]
 mod tests {
    use super::SendableRecordBatchStream;
-    use crate::arrow::{IntoPolars, PolarsDataFrameRecordBatchReader, SimpleRecordBatchStream};
+    use crate::arrow::{
+        IntoArrow, IntoPolars, PolarsDataFrameRecordBatchReader, SimpleRecordBatchStream,
+    };
    use polars::prelude::{DataFrame, NamedFrom, Series};

    fn get_record_batch_reader_from_polars() -> Box<dyn arrow_array::RecordBatchReader + Send> {
@@ -238,7 +280,10 @@ mod tests {
        float_series = Series::new("float", &[2.0]);
        let df2 = DataFrame::new(vec![string_series, int_series, float_series]).unwrap();

-        Box::new(PolarsDataFrameRecordBatchReader::new(df1.vstack(&df2).unwrap()).unwrap())
+        PolarsDataFrameRecordBatchReader::new(df1.vstack(&df2).unwrap())
+            .unwrap()
+            .into_arrow()
+            .unwrap()
    }

    #[test]
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/connection.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/connection.rs
@@ -667,8 +667,6 @@ pub struct ConnectRequest {
 pub struct ConnectBuilder {
    request: ConnectRequest,
    embedding_registry: Option<Arc<dyn EmbeddingRegistry>>,
-    #[cfg(feature = "remote")]
-    oauth_config: Option<crate::remote::OAuthConfig>,
 }

 #[cfg(feature = "remote")]
@@ -690,8 +688,6 @@ impl ConnectBuilder {
                session: None,
            },
            embedding_registry: None,
-            #[cfg(feature = "remote")]
-            oauth_config: None,
        }
    }

@@ -780,19 +776,6 @@ impl ConnectBuilder {
        self
    }

-    /// Configure OAuth authentication for LanceDB Cloud/Enterprise.
-    ///
-    /// This creates an [`OAuthHeaderProvider`](crate::remote::OAuthHeaderProvider)
-    /// from the given config and sets it as the header provider. OAuth cannot
-    /// be combined with an API key or another header provider.
-    ///
-    /// Token acquisition and refresh are handled in Rust.
-    #[cfg(feature = "remote")]
-    pub fn oauth_config(mut self, config: crate::remote::OAuthConfig) -> Self {
-        self.oauth_config = Some(config);
-        self
-    }
-
    /// Provide a custom [`EmbeddingRegistry`] to use for this connection.
    pub fn embedding_registry(mut self, registry: Arc<dyn EmbeddingRegistry>) -> Self {
        self.embedding_registry = Some(registry);
@@ -938,40 +921,9 @@ impl ConnectBuilder {
        let region = options.region.ok_or_else(|| Error::InvalidInput {
            message: "A region is required when connecting to LanceDb Cloud".to_string(),
        })?;
-        let api_key = match (&self.oauth_config, &options.api_key) {
-            (Some(_), None) => String::new(),
-            (Some(_), Some(_)) => {
-                return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                    message:
-                        "api_key and oauth_config cannot both be set when connecting to LanceDb Cloud"
-                            .to_string(),
-                });
-            }
-            (None, Some(key)) => key.clone(),
-            (None, None) => {
-                return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                    message:
-                        "An api_key or oauth_config is required when connecting to LanceDb Cloud"
-                            .to_string(),
-                });
-            }
-        };
-
-        if self.oauth_config.is_some() && self.request.client_config.header_provider.is_some() {
-            return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                message:
-                    "oauth_config and client_config.header_provider cannot both be set when connecting to LanceDb Cloud"
-                        .to_string(),
-            });
-        }
-
-        let mut client_config = self.request.client_config;
-
-        if let Some(oauth_config) = self.oauth_config {
-            let provider = crate::remote::OAuthHeaderProvider::new(oauth_config)?;
-            client_config.header_provider =
-                Some(Arc::new(provider) as Arc<dyn crate::remote::HeaderProvider>);
-        }
+        let api_key = options.api_key.ok_or_else(|| Error::InvalidInput {
+            message: "An api_key is required when connecting to LanceDb Cloud".to_string(),
+        })?;

        let storage_options = StorageOptions(options.storage_options.clone());
        let internal = Arc::new(crate::remote::db::RemoteDatabase::try_new(
@@ -979,7 +931,7 @@ impl ConnectBuilder {
            &api_key,
            &region,
            options.host_override,
-            client_config,
+            self.request.client_config,
            storage_options.into(),
            self.request.read_consistency_interval,
        )?);
@@ -1288,83 +1240,6 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(Some(&"EXPLICIT-VALUE".to_string()), options.get(opts_key));
    }

-    #[cfg(feature = "remote")]
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_connect_rejects_api_key_with_oauth_config() {
-        let oauth_config = crate::remote::OAuthConfig {
-            issuer_url: "https://issuer.example.com".to_string(),
-            client_id: "client-id".to_string(),
-            client_secret: Some("secret".to_string()),
-            scopes: vec!["scope".to_string()],
-            flow: crate::remote::OAuthFlow::ClientCredentials,
-            refresh_buffer_secs: None,
-        };
-
-        let result = ConnectBuilder::new("db://my-container/my-prefix")
-            .region("us-east-1")
-            .api_key("my-api-key")
-            .oauth_config(oauth_config)
-            .execute()
-            .await;
-
-        match result {
-            Err(Error::InvalidInput { message })
-                if message
-                    == "api_key and oauth_config cannot both be set when connecting to LanceDb Cloud" =>
-                {}
-            Err(err) => panic!("expected InvalidInput, got {err:?}"),
-            Ok(_) => panic!("expected api_key and oauth_config to be rejected"),
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[cfg(feature = "remote")]
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_connect_rejects_header_provider_with_oauth_config() {
-        #[derive(Debug)]
-        struct TestHeaderProvider;
-
-        #[async_trait::async_trait]
-        impl crate::remote::HeaderProvider for TestHeaderProvider {
-            async fn get_headers(&self) -> Result<HashMap<String, String>> {
-                Ok(HashMap::from([(
-                    "authorization".to_string(),
-                    "Bearer token".to_string(),
-                )]))
-            }
-        }
-
-        let oauth_config = crate::remote::OAuthConfig {
-            issuer_url: "https://issuer.example.com".to_string(),
-            client_id: "client-id".to_string(),
-            client_secret: Some("secret".to_string()),
-            scopes: vec!["scope".to_string()],
-            flow: crate::remote::OAuthFlow::ClientCredentials,
-            refresh_buffer_secs: None,
-        };
-        let client_config = crate::remote::ClientConfig {
-            header_provider: Some(
-                Arc::new(TestHeaderProvider) as Arc<dyn crate::remote::HeaderProvider>
-            ),
-            ..Default::default()
-        };
-
-        let result = ConnectBuilder::new("db://my-container/my-prefix")
-            .region("us-east-1")
-            .client_config(client_config)
-            .oauth_config(oauth_config)
-            .execute()
-            .await;
-
-        match result {
-            Err(Error::InvalidInput { message })
-                if message
-                    == "oauth_config and client_config.header_provider cannot both be set when connecting to LanceDb Cloud" =>
-                {}
-            Err(err) => panic!("expected InvalidInput, got {err:?}"),
-            Ok(_) => panic!("expected header_provider and oauth_config to be rejected"),
-        }
-    }
-
    #[cfg(not(windows))]
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn test_connect_relative() {
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/data/scannable.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/data/scannable.rs
@@ -185,43 +185,6 @@ impl Scannable for SendableRecordBatchStream {
    }
 }

-#[cfg(feature = "polars")]
-impl Scannable for polars::frame::DataFrame {
-    fn schema(&self) -> SchemaRef {
-        crate::polars_arrow_convertors::convert_polars_df_schema_to_arrow_rb_schema(
-            self.schema().clone(),
-        )
-        .expect("failed to convert Polars DataFrame schema to Arrow schema")
-    }
-
-    fn scan_as_stream(&mut self) -> SendableRecordBatchStream {
-        let schema = Scannable::schema(self);
-        let batches: crate::Result<Vec<RecordBatch>> =
-            match crate::arrow::PolarsDataFrameRecordBatchReader::new(self.clone()) {
-                Err(e) => Err(e),
-                Ok(reader) => reader.map(|b| b.map_err(Into::into)).collect(),
-            };
-        match batches {
-            Err(e) => Box::pin(SimpleRecordBatchStream {
-                schema,
-                stream: once(async move { Err(e) }),
-            }),
-            Ok(batches) => {
-                let stream = futures::stream::iter(batches.into_iter().map(Ok));
-                Box::pin(SimpleRecordBatchStream { schema, stream })
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn num_rows(&self) -> Option<usize> {
-        Some(self.height())
-    }
-
-    fn rescannable(&self) -> bool {
-        true
-    }
-}
-
 #[async_trait]
 impl StreamingWriteSource for Box<dyn Scannable> {
    fn arrow_schema(&self) -> SchemaRef {
@@ -1126,60 +1089,4 @@ mod tests {
            );
        }
    }
-
-    #[cfg(feature = "polars")]
-    mod polars_tests {
-        use super::*;
-        use crate::arrow::IntoPolars;
-        use crate::query::ExecutableQuery;
-        use polars::prelude::{DataFrame, NamedFrom, Series};
-
-        fn make_df() -> DataFrame {
-            DataFrame::new(vec![
-                Series::new("id", &[1i32, 2, 3]),
-                Series::new("val", &[1.1f64, 2.2, 3.3]),
-            ])
-            .unwrap()
-        }
-
-        #[tokio::test]
-        async fn test_dataframe_scannable_round_trip() {
-            let tmp = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
-            let db = crate::connect(tmp.path().to_str().unwrap())
-                .execute()
-                .await
-                .unwrap();
-
-            let df = make_df();
-            let table = db.create_table("t", df.clone()).execute().await.unwrap();
-
-            // Append the same rows again.
-            table.add(df.clone()).execute().await.unwrap();
-
-            let result = table
-                .query()
-                .execute()
-                .await
-                .unwrap()
-                .into_polars()
-                .await
-                .unwrap();
-
-            assert_eq!(result.height(), df.height() * 2);
-            assert_eq!(result.schema(), df.schema());
-        }
-
-        #[tokio::test]
-        async fn test_dataframe_scannable_rescannable() {
-            let mut df = make_df();
-            assert!(df.rescannable());
-
-            let batches1: Vec<RecordBatch> = df.scan_as_stream().try_collect().await.unwrap();
-            assert_eq!(batches1.iter().map(|b| b.num_rows()).sum::<usize>(), 3);
-
-            // Can be scanned again.
-            let batches2: Vec<RecordBatch> = df.scan_as_stream().try_collect().await.unwrap();
-            assert_eq!(batches2.iter().map(|b| b.num_rows()).sum::<usize>(), 3);
-        }
-    }
 }
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/database/listing.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/database/listing.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ use lance::io::{ObjectStore, ObjectStoreParams, WrappingObjectStore};
 use lance_datafusion::utils::StreamingWriteSource;
 use lance_encoding::version::LanceFileVersion;
 use lance_io::object_store::{StorageOptionsAccessor, StorageOptionsProvider};
-use lance_table::io::commit::commit_handler_from_url;
 use object_store::local::LocalFileSystem;
 use snafu::ResultExt;

@@ -235,11 +234,9 @@ impl ListingDatabaseOptionsBuilder {
 /// We will have two tables named `table1` and `table2`.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct ListingDatabase {
-    object_store: Arc<ObjectStore>,
    query_string: Option<String>,

    pub(crate) uri: String,
-    pub(crate) base_path: object_store::path::Path,

    // the object store wrapper to use on write path
    pub(crate) store_wrapper: Option<Arc<dyn WrappingObjectStore>>,
@@ -258,8 +255,13 @@ pub struct ListingDatabase {
    // Session for object stores and caching
    session: Arc<lance::session::Session>,

-    // Namespace-backed database for child namespace operations
+    // Namespace-backed database for child namespace operations (manifest mode).
    namespace_database: Arc<LanceNamespaceDatabase>,
+
+    // V1 (manifest-disabled) directory namespace for root table lifecycle, so root
+    // drops are soft-deletes and purge/table_status are available. Shares the same root
+    // as `namespace_database` but in directory mode.
+    root_namespace_database: Arc<LanceNamespaceDatabase>,
 }

 impl std::fmt::Display for ListingDatabase {
@@ -280,7 +282,6 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for ListingDatabase {
    }
 }

-const LANCE_EXTENSION: &str = "lance";
 const ENGINE: &str = "engine";
 const MIRRORED_STORE: &str = "mirroredStore";

@@ -342,6 +343,39 @@ impl ListingDatabase {
        ))
    }

+    /// Build the V1 (manifest-disabled) directory namespace used for *root* table
+    /// lifecycle ops.
+    ///
+    /// Root tables in a listing database are flat `<name>.lance` directories; soft-delete
+    /// (drop/purge/TTL) is a V1-only mechanism, so root ops go through this namespace.
+    /// Child namespaces are manifest-backed and handled by the separate
+    /// (manifest-enabled) `namespace_database`.
+    async fn connect_root_namespace_database(
+        uri: &str,
+        storage_options: HashMap<String, String>,
+        namespace_client_properties: HashMap<String, String>,
+        read_consistency_interval: Option<std::time::Duration>,
+        session: Arc<lance::session::Session>,
+    ) -> Result<Arc<LanceNamespaceDatabase>> {
+        let mut ns_properties = Self::build_namespace_client_properties(
+            uri,
+            &storage_options,
+            namespace_client_properties,
+        );
+        ns_properties.insert("manifest_enabled".to_string(), "false".to_string());
+        Ok(Arc::new(
+            LanceNamespaceDatabase::connect(
+                "dir",
+                ns_properties,
+                storage_options,
+                read_consistency_interval,
+                Some(session),
+                HashSet::new(),
+            )
+            .await?,
+        ))
+    }
+
    async fn prepare_namespace_root(
        uri: &str,
        storage_options: &HashMap<String, String>,
@@ -548,7 +582,7 @@ impl ListingDatabase {
                    },
                    ..Default::default()
                };
-                let (object_store, base_path) = ObjectStore::from_uri_and_params(
+                let (object_store, _base_path) = ObjectStore::from_uri_and_params(
                    session.store_registry(),
                    &plain_uri,
                    &os_params,
@@ -577,12 +611,18 @@ impl ListingDatabase {
                    session.clone(),
                )
                .await?;
+                let root_namespace_database = Self::connect_root_namespace_database(
+                    &table_base_uri,
+                    options.storage_options.clone(),
+                    request.namespace_client_properties.clone(),
+                    request.read_consistency_interval,
+                    session.clone(),
+                )
+                .await?;

                Ok(Self {
                    uri: table_base_uri,
                    query_string,
-                    base_path,
-                    object_store,
                    store_wrapper: write_store_wrapper,
                    read_consistency_interval: request.read_consistency_interval,
                    storage_options: options.storage_options,
@@ -590,6 +630,7 @@ impl ListingDatabase {
                    new_table_config: options.new_table_config,
                    session,
                    namespace_database,
+                    root_namespace_database,
                })
            }
            Err(_) => {
@@ -613,7 +654,7 @@ impl ListingDatabase {
        session: Option<Arc<lance::session::Session>>,
    ) -> Result<Self> {
        let session = session.unwrap_or_else(|| Arc::new(lance::session::Session::default()));
-        let (object_store, base_path) = ObjectStore::from_uri_and_params(
+        let (object_store, _base_path) = ObjectStore::from_uri_and_params(
            session.store_registry(),
            path,
            &ObjectStoreParams::default(),
@@ -624,6 +665,14 @@ impl ListingDatabase {
        }

        let namespace_database = Self::connect_namespace_database(
+            path,
+            HashMap::new(),
+            namespace_client_properties.clone(),
+            read_consistency_interval,
+            session.clone(),
+        )
+        .await?;
+        let root_namespace_database = Self::connect_root_namespace_database(
            path,
            HashMap::new(),
            namespace_client_properties,
@@ -635,8 +684,6 @@ impl ListingDatabase {
        Ok(Self {
            uri: path.to_string(),
            query_string: None,
-            base_path,
-            object_store,
            store_wrapper: None,
            read_consistency_interval,
            storage_options: HashMap::new(),
@@ -644,6 +691,7 @@ impl ListingDatabase {
            new_table_config,
            session,
            namespace_database,
+            root_namespace_database,
        })
    }

@@ -705,42 +753,10 @@ impl ListingDatabase {
        self.namespace_database.clone()
    }

-    async fn drop_tables(&self, names: Vec<String>) -> Result<()> {
-        let object_store_params = ObjectStoreParams {
-            storage_options_accessor: if self.storage_options.is_empty() {
-                None
-            } else {
-                Some(Arc::new(StorageOptionsAccessor::with_static_options(
-                    self.storage_options.clone(),
-                )))
-            },
-            ..Default::default()
-        };
-        let mut uri = self.uri.clone();
-        if let Some(query_string) = &self.query_string {
-            uri.push_str(&format!("?{}", query_string));
-        }
-        let commit_handler = commit_handler_from_url(&uri, &Some(object_store_params)).await?;
-        for name in names {
-            let dir_name = format!("{}.{}", name, LANCE_EXTENSION);
-            let full_path = self.base_path.clone().join(dir_name.clone());
-
-            commit_handler.delete(&full_path).await?;
-
-            self.object_store
-                .remove_dir_all(full_path.clone())
-                .await
-                .map_err(|err| match err {
-                    // this error is not lance::Error::DatasetNotFound, as the method
-                    // `remove_dir_all` may be used to remove something not be a dataset
-                    lance::Error::NotFound { .. } => Error::TableNotFound {
-                        name: name.clone(),
-                        source: Box::new(err),
-                    },
-                    _ => Error::from(err),
-                })?;
-        }
-        Ok(())
+    /// The V1 directory namespace used for root table lifecycle (soft-delete drop, purge,
+    /// table_status, O(1) listing).
+    fn root_namespace_database(&self) -> Arc<LanceNamespaceDatabase> {
+        self.root_namespace_database.clone()
    }

    /// Inherit storage options from the connection into the target map
@@ -946,88 +962,43 @@ impl Database for ListingDatabase {
        if !request.namespace_path.is_empty() {
            return self.namespace_database().table_names(request).await;
        }
-        let mut f = self
-            .object_store
-            .read_dir(self.base_path.clone())
-            .await?
-            .iter()
-            .map(Path::new)
-            .filter(|path| {
-                let is_lance = path
-                    .extension()
-                    .and_then(|e| e.to_str())
-                    .map(|e| e == LANCE_EXTENSION);
-                is_lance.unwrap_or(false)
-            })
-            .filter_map(|p| p.file_stem().and_then(|s| s.to_str().map(String::from)))
-            .collect::<Vec<String>>();
-        f.sort();
-        if let Some(start_after) = request.start_after {
-            let index = f
-                .iter()
-                .position(|name| name.as_str() > start_after.as_str())
-                .unwrap_or(f.len());
-            f.drain(0..index);
-        }
-        if let Some(limit) = request.limit {
-            f.truncate(limit as usize);
-        }
-        Ok(f)
+        // Root tables: the V1 namespace lists them in a single read_dir (O(1) requests)
+        // and excludes soft-deleted tables, instead of a per-table probe here.
+        self.root_namespace_database().table_names(request).await
    }

    async fn list_tables(&self, request: ListTablesRequest) -> Result<ListTablesResponse> {
        if request.id.as_ref().map(|v| !v.is_empty()).unwrap_or(false) {
            return self.namespace_database().list_tables(request).await;
        }
-        let mut f = self
-            .object_store
-            .read_dir(self.base_path.clone())
-            .await?
-            .iter()
-            .map(Path::new)
-            .filter(|path| {
-                let is_lance = path
-                    .extension()
-                    .and_then(|e| e.to_str())
-                    .map(|e| e == LANCE_EXTENSION);
-                is_lance.unwrap_or(false)
-            })
-            .filter_map(|p| p.file_stem().and_then(|s| s.to_str().map(String::from)))
-            .collect::<Vec<String>>();
-        f.sort();
-
-        // Handle pagination with page_token
-        if let Some(ref page_token) = request.page_token {
-            let index = f
-                .iter()
-                .position(|name| name.as_str() > page_token.as_str())
-                .unwrap_or(f.len());
-            f.drain(0..index);
-        }
-
-        // Determine if there's a next page
-        let next_page_token = if let Some(limit) = request.limit {
-            if f.len() > limit as usize {
-                let token = f[limit as usize].clone();
-                f.truncate(limit as usize);
-                Some(token)
-            } else {
-                None
-            }
-        } else {
-            None
-        };
-
-        Ok(ListTablesResponse {
-            tables: f,
-            page_token: next_page_token,
-        })
+        self.root_namespace_database().list_tables(request).await
    }

    async fn create_table(&self, request: CreateTableRequest) -> Result<Arc<dyn BaseTable>> {
        if !request.namespace_path.is_empty() {
            return self.namespace_database().create_table(request).await;
        }
+        let mut request = request;
+        // Re-creating a soft-deleted table is a revive: clear the delete marker (via the
+        // V1 root namespace, under its lifecycle lock so a concurrent purge can't race),
+        // making the table live again, then overwrite its data through the native create
+        // path below (preserving lineage as a new version). A plain native create would
+        // leave the marker in place, keeping the table hidden.
+        if matches!(
+            self.root_namespace_database()
+                .namespace_client()
+                .await?
+                .table_status(Some(vec![request.name.clone()]))
+                .await?,
+            lance_namespace::TableLifecycle::SoftDeleted { .. }
+        ) {
+            self.root_namespace_database()
+                .namespace_client()
+                .await?
+                .undelete_table(Some(vec![request.name.clone()]))
+                .await?;
+            request.mode = CreateTableMode::Overwrite;
+        }
        // Use provided location if available, otherwise derive from table name
        let table_uri = request
            .location
@@ -1146,6 +1117,19 @@ impl Database for ListingDatabase {
        if !request.namespace_path.is_empty() {
            return self.namespace_database().open_table(request).await;
        }
+        // A soft-deleted (dropped-but-not-purged) table must read as absent even though
+        // its data still exists on disk. Consult the V1 root namespace (which owns the
+        // marker); if soft-deleted, route to it so the open surfaces TableNotFound.
+        if matches!(
+            self.root_namespace_database()
+                .namespace_client()
+                .await?
+                .table_status(Some(vec![request.name.clone()]))
+                .await?,
+            lance_namespace::TableLifecycle::SoftDeleted { .. }
+        ) {
+            return self.root_namespace_database().open_table(request).await;
+        }
        // Use provided location if available, otherwise derive from table name
        let table_uri = request
            .location
@@ -1245,20 +1229,23 @@ impl Database for ListingDatabase {
                .drop_table(name, namespace_path)
                .await;
        }
-        self.drop_tables(vec![name.to_string()]).await
+        // Root table: route through the V1 namespace so the drop is a soft-delete (writes
+        // a marker, leaves data for later purge) rather than an immediate remove_dir_all.
+        self.root_namespace_database()
+            .drop_table(name, namespace_path)
+            .await
    }

-    #[allow(deprecated)]
    async fn drop_all_tables(&self, namespace_path: &[String]) -> Result<()> {
-        // Check if namespace parameter is provided
        if !namespace_path.is_empty() {
            return self
                .namespace_database()
                .drop_all_tables(namespace_path)
                .await;
        }
-        let tables = self.table_names(TableNamesRequest::default()).await?;
-        self.drop_tables(tables).await
+        self.root_namespace_database()
+            .drop_all_tables(namespace_path)
+            .await
    }

    fn as_any(&self) -> &dyn std::any::Any {
@@ -1266,6 +1253,9 @@ impl Database for ListingDatabase {
    }

    async fn namespace_client(&self) -> Result<Arc<dyn lance_namespace::LanceNamespace>> {
+        // Returns the manifest-backed namespace so callers can operate on child
+        // namespaces (multi-level table ids) through the client. Root-table soft-delete
+        // lifecycle (table_status/purge) is reached via the V1 root namespace internally.
        self.namespace_database.namespace_client().await
    }

@@ -2615,4 +2605,67 @@ mod tests {
            .unwrap();
        assert!(post_drop.tables.is_empty());
    }
+
+    /// Root-table drop is a soft-delete routed through the V1 namespace: the table is
+    /// hidden from listing/open but its data survives until purged, and re-creating it
+    /// revives it. Verifies the consolidation end-to-end at the ListingDatabase level.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_root_table_soft_delete_lifecycle() {
+        let (_tempdir, db) = setup_database().await;
+        let schema = Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![Field::new("id", DataType::Int32, false)]));
+        let create = |name: &str| CreateTableRequest {
+            name: name.to_string(),
+            namespace_path: vec![],
+            data: Box::new(RecordBatch::new_empty(schema.clone())) as Box<dyn Scannable>,
+            mode: CreateTableMode::Create,
+            write_options: Default::default(),
+            location: None,
+            namespace_client: None,
+        };
+        let open = |name: &str| OpenTableRequest {
+            name: name.to_string(),
+            namespace_path: vec![],
+            index_cache_size: None,
+            lance_read_params: None,
+            location: None,
+            namespace_client: None,
+            managed_versioning: None,
+        };
+
+        db.create_table(create("t")).await.unwrap();
+        db.drop_table("t", &[]).await.unwrap();
+
+        // Hidden from listing and not openable...
+        #[allow(deprecated)]
+        let names = db.table_names(TableNamesRequest::default()).await.unwrap();
+        assert!(!names.contains(&"t".to_string()));
+        assert!(matches!(
+            db.open_table(open("t")).await,
+            Err(Error::TableNotFound { .. })
+        ));
+
+        // ...but data survives: it shows up as purgable via the V1 root namespace.
+        let root_ns = db
+            .root_namespace_database()
+            .namespace_client()
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        let purgable = root_ns.list_purgable_tables(None).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(purgable.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(purgable[0].id, vec!["t".to_string()]);
+
+        // Re-creating revives it.
+        db.create_table(create("t")).await.unwrap();
+        db.open_table(open("t")).await.unwrap();
+        #[allow(deprecated)]
+        let names = db.table_names(TableNamesRequest::default()).await.unwrap();
+        assert!(names.contains(&"t".to_string()));
+        assert!(root_ns.list_purgable_tables(None).await.unwrap().is_empty());
+
+        // Drop then purge reclaims it for good.
+        db.drop_table("t", &[]).await.unwrap();
+        let purged = root_ns.purge_tables(None).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(purged, vec![vec!["t".to_string()]]);
+        assert!(root_ns.list_purgable_tables(None).await.unwrap().is_empty());
+    }
 }
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/database/namespace.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/database/namespace.rs
@@ -583,9 +583,9 @@ impl Database for LanceNamespaceDatabase {
        self.namespace
            .drop_table(drop_request)
            .await
-            .map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-                message: format!("Failed to drop table: {}", e),
-            })?;
+            // Preserve TableNotFound (e.g. dropping a non-existent table) rather than
+            // flattening every failure to a generic Runtime error.
+            .map_err(|e| map_namespace_lance_error(e, name))?;

        Ok(())
    }
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/remote.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/remote.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@

 pub(crate) mod client;
 pub(crate) mod db;
-pub mod oauth;
 mod retry;
 pub(crate) mod table;
 pub(crate) mod util;
@@ -21,4 +20,3 @@ const JSON_CONTENT_TYPE: &str = "application/json";

 pub use client::{ClientConfig, HeaderProvider, RetryConfig, TimeoutConfig, TlsConfig};
 pub use db::{RemoteDatabaseOptions, RemoteDatabaseOptionsBuilder};
-pub use oauth::{OAuthConfig, OAuthFlow, OAuthHeaderProvider};
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/remote/oauth.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/remote/oauth.rs
@@ -1,907 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
-
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::net::IpAddr;
-use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
-
-use async_trait::async_trait;
-use log::debug;
-use reqwest::Client;
-use serde::Deserialize;
-use tokio::sync::RwLock;
-
-use crate::error::{Error, Result};
-use crate::remote::client::HeaderProvider;
-
-const DEFAULT_REFRESH_BUFFER_SECS: u64 = 300;
-const DEFAULT_TOKEN_TTL_SECS: u64 = 3600;
-const AZURE_IMDS_ENDPOINT: &str = "http://169.254.169.254/metadata/identity/oauth2/token";
-const AZURE_IMDS_API_VERSION: &str = "2018-02-01";
-
-/// OAuth authentication flow configuration.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub enum OAuthFlow {
-    /// Client Credentials grant (service-to-service / M2M).
-    /// Requires `client_secret` in [`OAuthConfig`].
-    ClientCredentials,
-
-    /// Azure Managed Identity via IMDS.
-    /// Works on Azure VMs, AKS, App Service, and Azure Functions.
-    /// IMDS requests bypass proxy settings because the endpoint is link-local.
-    AzureManagedIdentity {
-        /// Client ID for user-assigned managed identity.
-        /// Omit for system-assigned managed identity.
-        client_id: Option<String>,
-    },
-}
-
-/// OAuth configuration for LanceDB authentication.
-///
-/// All token acquisition and refresh is handled in the Rust layer.
-/// Python and TypeScript bindings expose this as a plain config object.
-#[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct OAuthConfig {
-    /// OIDC issuer URL or OAuth authority URL.
-    /// For Azure: `https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant_id}/v2.0`
-    pub issuer_url: String,
-
-    /// Application / Client ID.
-    pub client_id: String,
-
-    /// Client secret (required for `ClientCredentials`, optional for others).
-    pub client_secret: Option<String>,
-
-    /// OAuth scopes to request.
-    /// For Azure managed identity, exactly one scope or resource is required.
-    /// For example: `["api://{app_id}/.default"]`
-    pub scopes: Vec<String>,
-
-    /// Authentication flow to use.
-    pub flow: OAuthFlow,
-
-    /// Seconds before token expiry to trigger proactive refresh (default: 300).
-    /// Keep this well below the token TTL; if it is greater than or equal to
-    /// the TTL, each request refreshes the token.
-    pub refresh_buffer_secs: Option<u64>,
-}
-
-impl std::fmt::Debug for OAuthConfig {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        f.debug_struct("OAuthConfig")
-            .field("issuer_url", &self.issuer_url)
-            .field("client_id", &self.client_id)
-            .field(
-                "client_secret",
-                &self.client_secret.as_deref().map(|_| "<redacted>"),
-            )
-            .field("scopes", &self.scopes)
-            .field("flow", &self.flow)
-            .field("refresh_buffer_secs", &self.refresh_buffer_secs)
-            .finish()
-    }
-}
-
-// -- OIDC Discovery --
-
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize)]
-struct OidcDiscovery {
-    token_endpoint: String,
-}
-
-// -- Token Response --
-
-#[derive(Deserialize)]
-struct TokenResponse {
-    access_token: String,
-    /// Token lifetime in seconds.
-    /// Some providers (Azure IMDS) return this as a string, so we accept both.
-    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_optional_u64_or_string")]
-    expires_in: Option<u64>,
-    #[serde(default)]
-    #[allow(dead_code)]
-    token_type: Option<String>,
-}
-
-impl std::fmt::Debug for TokenResponse {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        f.debug_struct("TokenResponse")
-            .field("access_token", &"<redacted>")
-            .field("expires_in", &self.expires_in)
-            .field("token_type", &self.token_type)
-            .finish()
-    }
-}
-
-fn deserialize_optional_u64_or_string<'de, D>(
-    deserializer: D,
-) -> std::result::Result<Option<u64>, D::Error>
-where
-    D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
-{
-    use serde::de;
-
-    struct U64OrString;
-    impl<'de> de::Visitor<'de> for U64OrString {
-        type Value = Option<u64>;
-
-        fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
-            formatter.write_str("an integer, an integer-valued float, a numeric string, or null")
-        }
-
-        fn visit_u64<E: de::Error>(self, v: u64) -> std::result::Result<Self::Value, E> {
-            Ok(Some(v))
-        }
-
-        fn visit_i64<E: de::Error>(self, v: i64) -> std::result::Result<Self::Value, E> {
-            if v < 0 {
-                return Err(E::custom(format!("invalid expires_in value: {v}")));
-            }
-            Ok(Some(v as u64))
-        }
-
-        fn visit_f64<E: de::Error>(self, v: f64) -> std::result::Result<Self::Value, E> {
-            if !v.is_finite() || v < 0.0 || v.fract() != 0.0 || v > u64::MAX as f64 {
-                return Err(E::custom(format!("invalid expires_in value: {v}")));
-            }
-            Ok(Some(v as u64))
-        }
-
-        fn visit_str<E: de::Error>(self, v: &str) -> std::result::Result<Self::Value, E> {
-            v.parse::<u64>().map(Some).map_err(de::Error::custom)
-        }
-
-        fn visit_none<E: de::Error>(self) -> std::result::Result<Self::Value, E> {
-            Ok(None)
-        }
-
-        fn visit_unit<E: de::Error>(self) -> std::result::Result<Self::Value, E> {
-            Ok(None)
-        }
-    }
-
-    deserializer.deserialize_any(U64OrString)
-}
-
-// -- Internal Token State --
-
-struct TokenState {
-    access_token: Option<String>,
-    expires_at: Option<Instant>,
-}
-
-impl TokenState {
-    fn new() -> Self {
-        Self {
-            access_token: None,
-            expires_at: None,
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn is_expired(&self, buffer: Duration) -> bool {
-        match (self.access_token.as_ref(), self.expires_at) {
-            (Some(_), Some(expires_at)) => Instant::now() + buffer >= expires_at,
-            (None, _) => true,
-            (Some(_), None) => true,
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn update(&mut self, resp: &TokenResponse) {
-        self.access_token = Some(resp.access_token.clone());
-        let expires_in = resp.expires_in.unwrap_or(DEFAULT_TOKEN_TTL_SECS);
-        self.expires_at = Some(Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(expires_in));
-    }
-}
-
-#[async_trait]
-trait TokenSource: Send + Sync + std::fmt::Debug {
-    async fn fetch_token(&self) -> Result<TokenResponse>;
-}
-
-struct ClientCredentialsSource {
-    issuer_url: String,
-    client_id: String,
-    client_secret: String,
-    scopes: Vec<String>,
-    http_client: Client,
-    discovery: RwLock<Option<OidcDiscovery>>,
-}
-
-impl std::fmt::Debug for ClientCredentialsSource {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        f.debug_struct("ClientCredentialsSource")
-            .field("issuer_url", &self.issuer_url)
-            .field("client_id", &self.client_id)
-            .field("client_secret", &"<redacted>")
-            .field("scopes", &self.scopes)
-            .finish()
-    }
-}
-
-impl ClientCredentialsSource {
-    fn new(
-        issuer_url: String,
-        client_id: String,
-        client_secret: Option<String>,
-        scopes: Vec<String>,
-    ) -> Result<Self> {
-        let client_secret = client_secret.ok_or(Error::InvalidInput {
-            message: "client_secret is required for ClientCredentials flow".to_string(),
-        })?;
-        Self::validate_issuer_transport(&issuer_url)?;
-
-        let http_client = Client::builder()
-            .timeout(Duration::from_secs(30))
-            .build()
-            .map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-                message: format!("Failed to create HTTP client for OAuth: {e}"),
-            })?;
-
-        Ok(Self {
-            issuer_url,
-            client_id,
-            client_secret,
-            scopes,
-            http_client,
-            discovery: RwLock::new(None),
-        })
-    }
-
-    fn validate_issuer_transport(issuer_url: &str) -> Result<()> {
-        let issuer = url::Url::parse(issuer_url).map_err(|e| Error::InvalidInput {
-            message: format!("Invalid OAuth issuer_url: {e}"),
-        })?;
-
-        match issuer.scheme() {
-            "https" => Ok(()),
-            "http" if Self::is_loopback_issuer(&issuer) => Ok(()),
-            _ => Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                message:
-                    "ClientCredentials OAuth issuer_url must use https, except for loopback hosts"
-                        .to_string(),
-            }),
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn is_loopback_issuer(issuer: &url::Url) -> bool {
-        let Some(host) = issuer.host_str() else {
-            return false;
-        };
-
-        host.eq_ignore_ascii_case("localhost")
-            || host
-                .parse::<IpAddr>()
-                .map(|addr| addr.is_loopback())
-                .unwrap_or(false)
-    }
-
-    async fn get_discovery(&self) -> Result<OidcDiscovery> {
-        {
-            let cached = self.discovery.read().await;
-            if let Some(ref disc) = *cached {
-                return Ok(disc.clone());
-            }
-        }
-
-        let mut cache = self.discovery.write().await;
-        // Double-check
-        if let Some(ref disc) = *cache {
-            return Ok(disc.clone());
-        }
-
-        let discovery_url = format!(
-            "{}/.well-known/openid-configuration",
-            self.issuer_url.trim_end_matches('/')
-        );
-
-        debug!("Fetching OIDC discovery from {}", discovery_url);
-
-        let resp = self
-            .http_client
-            .get(&discovery_url)
-            .send()
-            .await
-            .map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-                message: format!("Failed to fetch OIDC discovery document: {e}"),
-            })?;
-
-        if !resp.status().is_success() {
-            return Err(Error::Runtime {
-                message: format!(
-                    "OIDC discovery failed with status {}: {}",
-                    resp.status(),
-                    resp.text().await.unwrap_or_default()
-                ),
-            });
-        }
-
-        let disc: OidcDiscovery = resp.json().await.map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-            message: format!("Failed to parse OIDC discovery document: {e}"),
-        })?;
-
-        let result = disc.clone();
-
-        *cache = Some(disc);
-        Ok(result)
-    }
-
-    async fn get_token_endpoint(&self) -> Result<String> {
-        self.get_discovery().await.map(|disc| disc.token_endpoint)
-    }
-
-    fn scopes_string(&self) -> String {
-        self.scopes.join(" ")
-    }
-
-    async fn post_token_request(
-        &self,
-        endpoint: &str,
-        params: &[(&str, &str)],
-    ) -> Result<TokenResponse> {
-        let resp = self
-            .http_client
-            .post(endpoint)
-            .form(params)
-            .send()
-            .await
-            .map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-                message: format!("Token request to {endpoint} failed: {e}"),
-            })?;
-
-        if !resp.status().is_success() {
-            return Err(Error::Runtime {
-                message: format!(
-                    "Token request failed with status {}: {}",
-                    resp.status(),
-                    resp.text().await.unwrap_or_default()
-                ),
-            });
-        }
-
-        resp.json().await.map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-            message: format!("Failed to parse token response: {e}"),
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-#[async_trait]
-impl TokenSource for ClientCredentialsSource {
-    async fn fetch_token(&self) -> Result<TokenResponse> {
-        let token_endpoint = self.get_token_endpoint().await?;
-        let scope = self.scopes_string();
-        let params = [
-            ("grant_type", "client_credentials"),
-            ("client_id", self.client_id.as_str()),
-            ("client_secret", self.client_secret.as_str()),
-            ("scope", scope.as_str()),
-        ];
-
-        self.post_token_request(&token_endpoint, &params).await
-    }
-}
-
-struct AzureImdsSource {
-    client_id: Option<String>,
-    resource: String,
-    http_client: Client,
-}
-
-impl std::fmt::Debug for AzureImdsSource {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        f.debug_struct("AzureImdsSource")
-            .field("client_id", &self.client_id)
-            .field("resource", &self.resource)
-            .finish()
-    }
-}
-
-impl AzureImdsSource {
-    fn new(scopes: Vec<String>, client_id: Option<String>) -> Result<Self> {
-        let resource = Self::resource_from_scopes(&scopes)?;
-        let http_client = Client::builder()
-            .timeout(Duration::from_secs(30))
-            .no_proxy()
-            .build()
-            .map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-                message: format!("Failed to create HTTP client for Azure IMDS OAuth: {e}"),
-            })?;
-
-        Ok(Self {
-            client_id,
-            resource,
-            http_client,
-        })
-    }
-
-    fn resource_from_scopes(scopes: &[String]) -> Result<String> {
-        let [scope] = scopes else {
-            return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                message: "AzureManagedIdentity flow requires exactly one OAuth scope or resource"
-                    .to_string(),
-            });
-        };
-
-        Ok(scope.strip_suffix("/.default").unwrap_or(scope).to_string())
-    }
-}
-
-#[async_trait]
-impl TokenSource for AzureImdsSource {
-    async fn fetch_token(&self) -> Result<TokenResponse> {
-        let mut url = format!(
-            "{AZURE_IMDS_ENDPOINT}?api-version={AZURE_IMDS_API_VERSION}&resource={}",
-            urlencoding::encode(&self.resource),
-        );
-        if let Some(cid) = self.client_id.as_deref() {
-            url.push_str(&format!("&client_id={}", urlencoding::encode(cid)));
-        }
-
-        let resp = self
-            .http_client
-            .get(&url)
-            .header("Metadata", "true")
-            .send()
-            .await
-            .map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-                message: format!("Azure IMDS request failed: {e}"),
-            })?;
-
-        if !resp.status().is_success() {
-            return Err(Error::Runtime {
-                message: format!(
-                    "Azure IMDS returned status {}: {}",
-                    resp.status(),
-                    resp.text().await.unwrap_or_default()
-                ),
-            });
-        }
-
-        resp.json().await.map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-            message: format!("Failed to parse IMDS token response: {e}"),
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-/// OAuth header provider that manages the full token lifecycle.
-///
-/// Implements [`HeaderProvider`] to inject `Authorization: Bearer <token>`
-/// headers into every LanceDB request, with automatic token refresh.
-pub struct OAuthHeaderProvider {
-    token_source: Box<dyn TokenSource>,
-    token_state: Arc<RwLock<TokenState>>,
-    refresh_buffer: Duration,
-}
-
-impl std::fmt::Debug for OAuthHeaderProvider {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        f.debug_struct("OAuthHeaderProvider")
-            .field("token_source", &self.token_source)
-            .finish()
-    }
-}
-
-impl OAuthHeaderProvider {
-    /// Create a new OAuth header provider from configuration.
-    pub fn new(config: OAuthConfig) -> Result<Self> {
-        let OAuthConfig {
-            issuer_url,
-            client_id,
-            client_secret,
-            scopes,
-            flow,
-            refresh_buffer_secs,
-        } = config;
-
-        if scopes.is_empty() {
-            return Err(Error::InvalidInput {
-                message: "At least one OAuth scope is required".to_string(),
-            });
-        }
-
-        let refresh_buffer =
-            Duration::from_secs(refresh_buffer_secs.unwrap_or(DEFAULT_REFRESH_BUFFER_SECS));
-        let token_source: Box<dyn TokenSource> = match flow {
-            OAuthFlow::ClientCredentials => Box::new(ClientCredentialsSource::new(
-                issuer_url,
-                client_id,
-                client_secret,
-                scopes,
-            )?),
-            OAuthFlow::AzureManagedIdentity { client_id } => {
-                Box::new(AzureImdsSource::new(scopes, client_id)?)
-            }
-        };
-
-        Ok(Self {
-            token_source,
-            token_state: Arc::new(RwLock::new(TokenState::new())),
-            refresh_buffer,
-        })
-    }
-
-    /// Get a valid access token, refreshing if necessary.
-    async fn get_valid_token(&self) -> Result<String> {
-        // Fast path: check if current token is still valid
-        {
-            let state = self.token_state.read().await;
-            if !state.is_expired(self.refresh_buffer)
-                && let Some(ref token) = state.access_token
-            {
-                return Ok(token.clone());
-            }
-        }
-
-        // Slow path: acquire or refresh token
-        let mut state = self.token_state.write().await;
-
-        // Double-check after acquiring write lock
-        if !state.is_expired(self.refresh_buffer)
-            && let Some(ref token) = state.access_token
-        {
-            return Ok(token.clone());
-        }
-
-        debug!("Acquiring new OAuth token via {:?}", self.token_source);
-        let resp = self.token_source.fetch_token().await?;
-
-        state.update(&resp);
-        Ok(resp.access_token)
-    }
-}
-
-#[async_trait]
-impl HeaderProvider for OAuthHeaderProvider {
-    async fn get_headers(&self) -> Result<HashMap<String, String>> {
-        let token = self.get_valid_token().await?;
-        Ok(HashMap::from([(
-            "authorization".to_string(),
-            format!("Bearer {token}"),
-        )]))
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-    use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
-
-    use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
-    use tokio::net::{TcpListener, TcpStream};
-    use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_token_state_expiry() {
-        let mut state = TokenState::new();
-        assert!(state.is_expired(Duration::from_secs(0)));
-
-        state.access_token = Some("tok".to_string());
-        state.expires_at = Some(Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(600));
-        assert!(!state.is_expired(Duration::from_secs(300)));
-        assert!(state.is_expired(Duration::from_secs(601)));
-
-        state.expires_at = None;
-        assert!(state.is_expired(Duration::from_secs(0)));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_token_state_uses_default_expiry() {
-        let mut state = TokenState::new();
-        let response = TokenResponse {
-            access_token: "tok".to_string(),
-            expires_in: None,
-            token_type: None,
-        };
-
-        state.update(&response);
-
-        assert!(!state.is_expired(Duration::from_secs(DEFAULT_TOKEN_TTL_SECS - 1)));
-        assert!(state.is_expired(Duration::from_secs(DEFAULT_TOKEN_TTL_SECS + 1)));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_token_response_accepts_float_expires_in() {
-        let response: TokenResponse =
-            serde_json::from_str(r#"{"access_token":"tok","expires_in":3600.0}"#).unwrap();
-
-        assert_eq!(response.expires_in, Some(3600));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_token_response_rejects_negative_expires_in() {
-        let err =
-            serde_json::from_str::<TokenResponse>(r#"{"access_token":"tok","expires_in":-1}"#)
-                .unwrap_err();
-
-        assert!(err.to_string().contains("invalid expires_in value: -1"));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_token_response_debug_redacts_access_token() {
-        let response = TokenResponse {
-            access_token: "secret-token".to_string(),
-            expires_in: Some(3600),
-            token_type: Some("Bearer".to_string()),
-        };
-
-        let debug = format!("{response:?}");
-        assert!(!debug.contains("secret-token"));
-        assert!(debug.contains("access_token: \"<redacted>\""));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_scopes_string() {
-        let source = ClientCredentialsSource::new(
-            "https://login.microsoftonline.com/tenant/v2.0".to_string(),
-            "app-id".to_string(),
-            Some("secret".to_string()),
-            vec!["scope1".to_string(), "scope2".to_string()],
-        )
-        .unwrap();
-
-        assert_eq!(source.scopes_string(), "scope1 scope2");
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_oauth_config_debug_redacts_client_secret() {
-        let config = OAuthConfig {
-            issuer_url: "https://issuer.example.com".to_string(),
-            client_id: "client-id".to_string(),
-            client_secret: Some("super-secret".to_string()),
-            scopes: vec!["scope".to_string()],
-            flow: OAuthFlow::ClientCredentials,
-            refresh_buffer_secs: None,
-        };
-
-        let debug = format!("{config:?}");
-        assert!(!debug.contains("super-secret"));
-        assert!(debug.contains("client_secret: Some(\"<redacted>\")"));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_oauth_header_provider_debug_redacts_client_secret() {
-        let config = OAuthConfig {
-            issuer_url: "https://issuer.example.com".to_string(),
-            client_id: "client-id".to_string(),
-            client_secret: Some("super-secret".to_string()),
-            scopes: vec!["scope".to_string()],
-            flow: OAuthFlow::ClientCredentials,
-            refresh_buffer_secs: None,
-        };
-
-        let provider = OAuthHeaderProvider::new(config).unwrap();
-        let debug = format!("{provider:?}");
-        assert!(!debug.contains("super-secret"));
-        assert!(debug.contains("client_secret: \"<redacted>\""));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_managed_identity_resource_from_default_scope() {
-        assert_eq!(
-            AzureImdsSource::resource_from_scopes(&["api://test/.default".to_string()]).unwrap(),
-            "api://test"
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_managed_identity_resource_without_default_suffix() {
-        assert_eq!(
-            AzureImdsSource::resource_from_scopes(&["api://test".to_string()]).unwrap(),
-            "api://test"
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_managed_identity_rejects_multiple_scopes() {
-        let config = OAuthConfig {
-            issuer_url: "https://login.microsoftonline.com/tenant/v2.0".to_string(),
-            client_id: "app-id".to_string(),
-            client_secret: None,
-            scopes: vec![
-                "api://test-a/.default".to_string(),
-                "api://test-b/.default".to_string(),
-            ],
-            flow: OAuthFlow::AzureManagedIdentity { client_id: None },
-            refresh_buffer_secs: None,
-        };
-        assert!(OAuthHeaderProvider::new(config).is_err());
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_token_endpoint_requires_discovery_success() {
-        let (issuer_url, server) = spawn_discovery_error_server().await;
-        let source = ClientCredentialsSource::new(
-            issuer_url,
-            "client-id".to_string(),
-            Some("secret".to_string()),
-            vec!["scope".to_string()],
-        )
-        .unwrap();
-
-        let err = source.get_token_endpoint().await.unwrap_err();
-        assert!(matches!(
-            err,
-            Error::Runtime { message }
-                if message.contains("OIDC discovery failed with status 503")
-        ));
-        server.await.unwrap();
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_client_credentials_requires_secret() {
-        let config = OAuthConfig {
-            issuer_url: "https://login.microsoftonline.com/tenant/v2.0".to_string(),
-            client_id: "app-id".to_string(),
-            client_secret: None,
-            scopes: vec!["scope".to_string()],
-            flow: OAuthFlow::ClientCredentials,
-            refresh_buffer_secs: None,
-        };
-        assert!(OAuthHeaderProvider::new(config).is_err());
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_client_credentials_rejects_insecure_non_loopback_issuer() {
-        let config = OAuthConfig {
-            issuer_url: "http://issuer.example.com".to_string(),
-            client_id: "app-id".to_string(),
-            client_secret: Some("secret".to_string()),
-            scopes: vec!["scope".to_string()],
-            flow: OAuthFlow::ClientCredentials,
-            refresh_buffer_secs: None,
-        };
-
-        let err = OAuthHeaderProvider::new(config).unwrap_err();
-        assert!(matches!(
-            err,
-            Error::InvalidInput { message }
-                if message == "ClientCredentials OAuth issuer_url must use https, except for loopback hosts"
-        ));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_empty_scopes_rejected() {
-        let config = OAuthConfig {
-            issuer_url: "https://login.microsoftonline.com/tenant/v2.0".to_string(),
-            client_id: "app-id".to_string(),
-            client_secret: None,
-            scopes: vec![],
-            flow: OAuthFlow::AzureManagedIdentity { client_id: None },
-            refresh_buffer_secs: None,
-        };
-        assert!(OAuthHeaderProvider::new(config).is_err());
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_client_credentials_token_lifecycle() {
-        let (issuer_url, token_requests, server) = spawn_oauth_server().await;
-        let config = OAuthConfig {
-            issuer_url,
-            client_id: "client-id".to_string(),
-            client_secret: Some("secret".to_string()),
-            scopes: vec!["scope".to_string()],
-            flow: OAuthFlow::ClientCredentials,
-            refresh_buffer_secs: Some(0),
-        };
-        let provider = OAuthHeaderProvider::new(config).unwrap();
-
-        let headers = provider.get_headers().await.unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(headers.get("authorization").unwrap(), "Bearer token-1");
-        assert_eq!(token_requests.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
-
-        let headers = provider.get_headers().await.unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(headers.get("authorization").unwrap(), "Bearer token-1");
-        assert_eq!(token_requests.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
-
-        provider.token_state.write().await.expires_at =
-            Some(Instant::now() - Duration::from_secs(1));
-
-        let headers = provider.get_headers().await.unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(headers.get("authorization").unwrap(), "Bearer token-2");
-        assert_eq!(token_requests.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 2);
-
-        server.await.unwrap();
-    }
-
-    async fn spawn_oauth_server() -> (String, Arc<AtomicUsize>, JoinHandle<()>) {
-        let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.unwrap();
-        let addr = listener.local_addr().unwrap();
-        let issuer_url = format!("http://{addr}");
-        let token_requests = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
-        let server_token_requests = Arc::clone(&token_requests);
-
-        let server = tokio::spawn(async move {
-            for _ in 0..3 {
-                let (mut stream, _) = listener.accept().await.unwrap();
-                let (request_line, body) = read_http_request(&mut stream).await;
-
-                if request_line.starts_with("GET /.well-known/openid-configuration ") {
-                    let discovery = format!(r#"{{"token_endpoint":"http://{addr}/token"}}"#);
-                    write_json_response(&mut stream, "200 OK", &discovery).await;
-                } else if request_line.starts_with("POST /token ") {
-                    assert!(body.contains("grant_type=client_credentials"));
-                    assert!(body.contains("client_id=client-id"));
-                    assert!(body.contains("client_secret=secret"));
-                    assert!(body.contains("scope=scope"));
-
-                    let token_num = server_token_requests.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst) + 1;
-                    let token = format!(
-                        r#"{{"access_token":"token-{token_num}","expires_in":3600,"token_type":"Bearer"}}"#
-                    );
-                    write_json_response(&mut stream, "200 OK", &token).await;
-                } else {
-                    write_json_response(&mut stream, "404 Not Found", "{}").await;
-                }
-            }
-        });
-
-        (issuer_url, token_requests, server)
-    }
-
-    async fn spawn_discovery_error_server() -> (String, JoinHandle<()>) {
-        let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.unwrap();
-        let addr = listener.local_addr().unwrap();
-        let issuer_url = format!("http://{addr}");
-
-        let server = tokio::spawn(async move {
-            let (mut stream, _) = listener.accept().await.unwrap();
-            let (request_line, _) = read_http_request(&mut stream).await;
-            assert!(request_line.starts_with("GET /.well-known/openid-configuration "));
-            write_json_response(&mut stream, "503 Service Unavailable", "{}").await;
-        });
-
-        (issuer_url, server)
-    }
-
-    async fn read_http_request(stream: &mut TcpStream) -> (String, String) {
-        let mut buffer = Vec::new();
-        let mut header_end = None;
-
-        while header_end.is_none() {
-            let mut chunk = [0; 1024];
-            let read = stream.read(&mut chunk).await.unwrap();
-            assert_ne!(read, 0, "connection closed before request headers");
-            buffer.extend_from_slice(&chunk[..read]);
-            header_end = find_subsequence(&buffer, b"\r\n\r\n").map(|pos| pos + 4);
-        }
-
-        let header_end = header_end.unwrap();
-        let headers = String::from_utf8_lossy(&buffer[..header_end]).to_string();
-        let request_line = headers.lines().next().unwrap_or_default().to_string();
-        let content_length = headers
-            .lines()
-            .find_map(|line| {
-                let (name, value) = line.split_once(':')?;
-                name.eq_ignore_ascii_case("content-length")
-                    .then(|| value.trim().parse::<usize>().ok())
-                    .flatten()
-            })
-            .unwrap_or(0);
-
-        while buffer.len() < header_end + content_length {
-            let mut chunk = [0; 1024];
-            let read = stream.read(&mut chunk).await.unwrap();
-            assert_ne!(read, 0, "connection closed before request body");
-            buffer.extend_from_slice(&chunk[..read]);
-        }
-
-        let body =
-            String::from_utf8_lossy(&buffer[header_end..header_end + content_length]).to_string();
-
-        (request_line, body)
-    }
-
-    fn find_subsequence(haystack: &[u8], needle: &[u8]) -> Option<usize> {
-        haystack
-            .windows(needle.len())
-            .position(|window| window == needle)
-    }
-
-    async fn write_json_response(stream: &mut TcpStream, status: &str, body: &str) {
-        let response = format!(
-            "HTTP/1.1 {status}\r\ncontent-type: application/json\r\ncontent-length: {}\r\nconnection: close\r\n\r\n{body}",
-            body.len()
-        );
-        stream.write_all(response.as_bytes()).await.unwrap();
-    }
-}
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/remote/table.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/remote/table.rs
@@ -70,29 +70,18 @@ use tokio::sync::RwLock;
 const REQUEST_TIMEOUT_HEADER: HeaderName = HeaderName::from_static("x-request-timeout-ms");
 const MIN_VERSION_HEADER: HeaderName = HeaderName::from_static("x-lancedb-min-version");
 const MIN_TIMESTAMP_HEADER: HeaderName = HeaderName::from_static("x-lancedb-min-timestamp");
-const MIN_READ_VERSION_HEADER: HeaderName = HeaderName::from_static("x-lancedb-min-read-version");
-const VERSION_HEADER: HeaderName = HeaderName::from_static("x-lancedb-version");
 const METRIC_TYPE_KEY: &str = "metric_type";
 const INDEX_TYPE_KEY: &str = "index_type";
 const SCHEMA_CACHE_TTL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30);
 const SCHEMA_CACHE_REFRESH_WINDOW: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5);

-/// Per-table state driving the freshness headers (`x-lancedb-min-version`,
-/// `x-lancedb-min-timestamp`, and `x-lancedb-min-read-version`) sent on read
-/// requests.
+/// Per-table state driving the freshness headers (`x-lancedb-min-version` and
+/// `x-lancedb-min-timestamp`) sent on read requests.
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, Copy)]
 struct FreshnessState {
    /// Provides read-your-write within a single handle: writes that return a
    /// version update this, and reads send it as `x-lancedb-min-version`.
    min_version: Option<u64>,
-    /// Highest dataset version observed in a *read* response on this handle.
-    /// Reads send it as `x-lancedb-min-read-version` so a load-balanced query
-    /// node whose cache is behind this version must refresh before serving,
-    /// giving monotonic reads across nodes regardless of which one the load
-    /// balancer routes to. Sourced only from reads (always committed dataset
-    /// versions), never from writes (which may return WAL entry ids), so it is
-    /// unaffected by the WAL/version mismatch that retired `min_version`.
-    min_read_version: Option<u64>,
    /// Wall-clock time captured at the last [`BaseTable::checkout_latest`]
    /// call. Subsequent reads send
    /// `max(baseline, now - read_consistency_interval)` as
@@ -113,7 +102,6 @@ struct FreshnessState {
 struct FreshnessHeaders {
    min_version: Option<u64>,
    min_timestamp: Option<SystemTime>,
-    min_read_version: Option<u64>,
 }

 impl FreshnessHeaders {
@@ -125,9 +113,6 @@ impl FreshnessHeaders {
            let dt: chrono::DateTime<chrono::Utc> = ts.into();
            request = request.header(MIN_TIMESTAMP_HEADER, dt.to_rfc3339());
        }
-        if let Some(v) = self.min_read_version {
-            request = request.header(MIN_READ_VERSION_HEADER, v.to_string());
-        }
        request
    }
 }
@@ -899,7 +884,6 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> RemoteTable<S> {
                self.client.read_consistency_interval,
                SystemTime::now(),
            ),
-            min_read_version: state.min_read_version,
        }
    }

@@ -921,30 +905,6 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> RemoteTable<S> {
        state.min_version = Some(state.min_version.map_or(version, |v| v.max(version)));
    }

-    /// Record a dataset version observed in a *read* response so subsequent
-    /// reads request at least this version via `x-lancedb-min-read-version`,
-    /// giving monotonic reads across load-balanced query nodes. A returned `0`
-    /// (or absent header from an old server) is ignored.
-    fn track_read_version(&self, version: u64) {
-        if version == 0 {
-            return;
-        }
-        let mut state = self.freshness.lock().unwrap();
-        state.min_read_version = Some(state.min_read_version.map_or(version, |v| v.max(version)));
-    }
-
-    /// Parse the `x-lancedb-version` response header (the dataset version a read
-    /// reflects) and fold it into the read-version watermark.
-    fn track_read_version_from_headers(&self, headers: &reqwest::header::HeaderMap) {
-        if let Some(version) = headers
-            .get(&VERSION_HEADER)
-            .and_then(|value| value.to_str().ok())
-            .and_then(|value| value.parse::<u64>().ok())
-        {
-            self.track_read_version(version);
-        }
-    }
-
    async fn execute_query(
        &self,
        query: &AnyQuery,
@@ -968,7 +928,6 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> RemoteTable<S> {

        let futures = requests.into_iter().map(|req| async move {
            let (request_id, response) = self.send(req, true).await?;
-            self.track_read_version_from_headers(response.headers());
            self.read_arrow_stream(&request_id, response).await
        });
        let streams = futures::future::try_join_all(futures);
@@ -1586,12 +1545,11 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> BaseTable for RemoteTable<S> {
        *write_guard = None;
        drop(write_guard);

-        // Drop any per-handle read/write tracking; subsequent reads use the
+        // Drop any per-handle write tracking; subsequent reads use the
        // baseline timestamp captured now to guarantee freshness.
        *self.freshness.lock().unwrap() = FreshnessState {
            min_version: None,
            checkout_baseline: Some(SystemTime::now()),
-            min_read_version: None,
        };

        // Invalidate schema cache since we're switching versions
@@ -1847,7 +1805,6 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> BaseTable for RemoteTable<S> {
            }
        };

-        self.track_read_version_from_headers(response.headers());
        let body = response.text().await.err_to_http(request_id.clone())?;

        serde_json::from_str(&body).map_err(|e| Error::Http {
@@ -7167,7 +7124,6 @@ mod tests {
        let state = FreshnessState {
            min_version: None,
            checkout_baseline: Some(baseline),
-            min_read_version: None,
        };
        assert_eq!(compute_min_timestamp(&state, None, now), Some(baseline));

@@ -7192,7 +7148,6 @@ mod tests {
        let state = FreshnessState {
            min_version: None,
            checkout_baseline: Some(baseline),
-            min_read_version: None,
        };
        assert_eq!(
            compute_min_timestamp(&state, Some(Duration::from_secs(10)), now),
@@ -7204,7 +7159,6 @@ mod tests {
        let state = FreshnessState {
            min_version: None,
            checkout_baseline: Some(recent_baseline),
-            min_read_version: None,
        };
        assert_eq!(
            compute_min_timestamp(&state, Some(Duration::from_secs(60)), now),
@@ -7349,106 +7303,6 @@ mod tests {
        );
    }

-    /// A handler that records every request's headers and answers each read with
-    /// an `x-lancedb-version` response header taken from `versions` (by call
-    /// index, saturating at the last entry). An empty string means "no header".
-    fn read_version_handler(
-        versions: &'static [&'static str],
-    ) -> (
-        impl Fn(reqwest::Request) -> http::Response<String> + Clone + Send + Sync + 'static,
-        Arc<std::sync::Mutex<Vec<http::HeaderMap>>>,
-    ) {
-        let requests = Arc::new(std::sync::Mutex::new(Vec::new()));
-        let requests_c = requests.clone();
-        let call = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
-        let handler = move |request: reqwest::Request| {
-            requests_c.lock().unwrap().push(request.headers().clone());
-            let i = call.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst).min(versions.len() - 1);
-            let mut builder = http::Response::builder().status(200);
-            if !versions[i].is_empty() {
-                builder = builder.header("x-lancedb-version", versions[i]);
-            }
-            builder.body("42".to_string()).unwrap()
-        };
-        (handler, requests)
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_read_version_watermark_tracked_and_sent() {
-        let (handler, requests) = read_version_handler(&["100", "100"]);
-        let table = Table::new_with_handler("my_table", handler);
-
-        // First read has no watermark yet; the response advertises version 100,
-        // so the second read must floor the server at 100.
-        table.count_rows(None).await.unwrap();
-        table.count_rows(None).await.unwrap();
-
-        let reqs = requests.lock().unwrap();
-        assert!(!reqs[0].contains_key("x-lancedb-min-read-version"));
-        assert_eq!(
-            reqs[1]
-                .get("x-lancedb-min-read-version")
-                .unwrap()
-                .to_str()
-                .unwrap(),
-            "100"
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_read_version_watermark_keeps_max() {
-        // Server reports 100 then a stale 50; the watermark must not regress.
-        let (handler, requests) = read_version_handler(&["100", "50", "50"]);
-        let table = Table::new_with_handler("my_table", handler);
-
-        table.count_rows(None).await.unwrap();
-        table.count_rows(None).await.unwrap();
-        table.count_rows(None).await.unwrap();
-
-        let reqs = requests.lock().unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(
-            reqs[2]
-                .get("x-lancedb-min-read-version")
-                .unwrap()
-                .to_str()
-                .unwrap(),
-            "100"
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_read_version_absent_header_no_watermark() {
-        // An old server that doesn't return the version header leaves the
-        // watermark unset, preserving backward compatibility.
-        let (handler, requests) = read_version_handler(&[""]);
-        let table = Table::new_with_handler("my_table", handler);
-
-        table.count_rows(None).await.unwrap();
-        table.count_rows(None).await.unwrap();
-
-        let reqs = requests.lock().unwrap();
-        assert!(!reqs[1].contains_key("x-lancedb-min-read-version"));
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_read_version_watermark_reset_on_checkout_latest() {
-        let (handler, requests) = read_version_handler(&["100", "100"]);
-        let table = Table::new_with_handler("my_table", handler);
-
-        table.count_rows(None).await.unwrap();
-        table.checkout_latest().await.unwrap();
-        table.count_rows(None).await.unwrap();
-
-        // The read after checkout_latest starts from a clean slate.
-        let reqs = requests.lock().unwrap();
-        assert!(
-            !reqs
-                .last()
-                .unwrap()
-                .contains_key("x-lancedb-min-read-version")
-        );
-    }
-
    /// Like `capturing_handler`, but keeps a per-path snapshot of the headers
    /// from every request so tests can assert on a specific endpoint.
    #[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/table/query.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/table/query.rs
@@ -579,45 +579,24 @@ fn array_to_f32_vec(arr: &Arc<dyn arrow_array::Array>) -> Result<Vec<f32>> {
    })
 }

-/// Magic bytes that prefix (and suffix) the Arrow IPC *file* format.
-const ARROW_IPC_FILE_MAGIC: &[u8] = b"ARROW1";
-
 /// Parse Arrow IPC response from the namespace server.
-///
-/// The server may return either the Arrow IPC *file* format or the *stream*
-/// format. REST/phalanx returns the file format (it begins with the `ARROW1`
-/// magic); reading that with a `StreamReader` fails with "failed to fill whole
-/// buffer". Detect the magic and pick the matching reader so both are handled.
 async fn parse_arrow_ipc_response(bytes: bytes::Bytes) -> Result<DatasetRecordBatchStream> {
-    use arrow_ipc::reader::{FileReader, StreamReader};
+    use arrow_ipc::reader::StreamReader;
    use std::io::Cursor;

-    let (schema, batches) = if bytes.starts_with(ARROW_IPC_FILE_MAGIC) {
-        let reader = FileReader::try_new(Cursor::new(bytes), None).map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-            message: format!("Failed to parse Arrow IPC file response: {}", e),
+    let cursor = Cursor::new(bytes);
+    let reader = StreamReader::try_new(cursor, None).map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
+        message: format!("Failed to parse Arrow IPC response: {}", e),
+    })?;
+
+    // Collect all record batches
+    let schema = reader.schema();
+    let batches: Vec<_> = reader
+        .into_iter()
+        .collect::<std::result::Result<Vec<_>, _>>()
+        .map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
+            message: format!("Failed to read Arrow IPC batches: {}", e),
        })?;
-        let schema = reader.schema();
-        let batches = reader
-            .into_iter()
-            .collect::<std::result::Result<Vec<_>, _>>()
-            .map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-                message: format!("Failed to read Arrow IPC file batches: {}", e),
-            })?;
-        (schema, batches)
-    } else {
-        let reader =
-            StreamReader::try_new(Cursor::new(bytes), None).map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-                message: format!("Failed to parse Arrow IPC response: {}", e),
-            })?;
-        let schema = reader.schema();
-        let batches = reader
-            .into_iter()
-            .collect::<std::result::Result<Vec<_>, _>>()
-            .map_err(|e| Error::Runtime {
-                message: format!("Failed to read Arrow IPC batches: {}", e),
-            })?;
-        (schema, batches)
-    };

    // Create a stream from the batches
    let stream = futures::stream::iter(batches.into_iter().map(Ok));
@@ -645,59 +624,6 @@ mod tests {
        FixedSizeListArray::try_new_from_values(Float32Array::from(values), dimension).unwrap()
    }

-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_parse_arrow_ipc_response_handles_file_and_stream() {
-        use arrow_array::{Int32Array, RecordBatch};
-        use arrow_ipc::writer::{FileWriter, StreamWriter};
-        use arrow_schema::{DataType, Field, Schema};
-
-        let schema = Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![Field::new("id", DataType::Int32, false)]));
-        let batch = RecordBatch::try_new(
-            schema.clone(),
-            vec![Arc::new(Int32Array::from(vec![1, 2, 3])) as ArrayRef],
-        )
-        .unwrap();
-
-        // Arrow IPC *file* format -- what REST/phalanx returns. Previously this
-        // failed with "failed to fill whole buffer" because we used a StreamReader.
-        let mut file_buf = Vec::new();
-        {
-            let mut writer = FileWriter::try_new(&mut file_buf, &schema).unwrap();
-            writer.write(&batch).unwrap();
-            writer.finish().unwrap();
-        }
-        assert!(file_buf.starts_with(ARROW_IPC_FILE_MAGIC));
-        let rows: usize = parse_arrow_ipc_response(bytes::Bytes::from(file_buf))
-            .await
-            .unwrap()
-            .try_collect::<Vec<_>>()
-            .await
-            .unwrap()
-            .iter()
-            .map(|b| b.num_rows())
-            .sum();
-        assert_eq!(rows, 3);
-
-        // Arrow IPC *stream* format must still parse.
-        let mut stream_buf = Vec::new();
-        {
-            let mut writer = StreamWriter::try_new(&mut stream_buf, &schema).unwrap();
-            writer.write(&batch).unwrap();
-            writer.finish().unwrap();
-        }
-        assert!(!stream_buf.starts_with(ARROW_IPC_FILE_MAGIC));
-        let rows: usize = parse_arrow_ipc_response(bytes::Bytes::from(stream_buf))
-            .await
-            .unwrap()
-            .try_collect::<Vec<_>>()
-            .await
-            .unwrap()
-            .iter()
-            .map(|b| b.num_rows())
-            .sum();
-        assert_eq!(rows, 3);
-    }
-
    #[test]
    fn test_convert_to_namespace_query_vector() {
        let query_vector = Arc::new(Float32Array::from(vec![1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0]));